"Propaganda tries to force a doctrine on the whole people... Propaganda works on the general public from the standpoint of an idea and makes them ripe for the victory of this idea." -Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf
Propaganda
Anti-Semitic propaganda circulated all over Nazi-occupied Europe. Speeches, films, books, posters and even cartoons spread hatred of the Jews. Moshe Flinker witnessed Nazi propaganda in Brussels before he was sent to Auschwitz with his parents. In his diary, he described “Jew Süss,” an anti-Semitic film he saw that greatly upset him. Moshe realized the film was made to ensure anti-Semitism survived the war no matter which side actually won (Young Moshe’s Diary, 1). The following are more examples of anti-Semitic propaganda:
This is the cover of a four page flyer used to justify the yellow star that Jews were forced to wear in Germany following September 1, 1941. The cover states, "When you see this symbol..." The last page concludes with, "you must ensure through your behavior that Jewry never again has even the slightest influence on our people."
A page from an anti-Semitic coloring book featuring a Jew drawn by a German caricaturist known as Fips. The caption under the Star of David states, "Without a solution to the Jewish question, there will be no salvation for mankind."
A pamphlet describing "the Jew as a World Parasite." It was distributed among the German soldiers in 1944 and may have helped them justify the mass killings they had participated in.
The cover of The Eternal Jew, an anti-Semitic book published by the Nazi Party's publishing house in 1937. The book contained 265 images with captions that supported the negative stereotypes of Jews. This cover shows an ugly Jew holding part of Russia, a whip, and some coins.
The Jewish World Plague, a book written by Hermann Esser in 1933. This edition was published two months after the tragedies of Kristallnacht took place. Esser described the attacks as "justified outrage" following the "treacherous murder" of Ernst vom Rath.
Der Giftpilz, the German word for toadstool, was a children's book published by Julius Streicher in 1938. It was used to spread Anti-semtism among kids in schools. It states, "Just as it is often hard to tell a toadstool from an edible mushroom, so too it is often hard to recognize the Jew as a swindler and criminal..."
Top Image: Advertisement for the film, Jud Süß, that Moshe Flinker saw. It was released in September 1940.
Source for Third Image from Top: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Source for Remaining Propaganda Examples: Calvin College German Propaganda Archive
Source for Third Image from Top: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Source for Remaining Propaganda Examples: Calvin College German Propaganda Archive