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In a symbolic nod to the military exploits of the Teutonic Knights in medieval times, Nazi propaganda posters depicted German soldiers as knights in shining armor defending the German nation and Europe from the supposed threat of "Bolshevist Jewry".
This page is part of a larger site on German propaganda during the Nazi and East German eras. Nazi Posters: 1939-1945. 1. The text of this 1940 poster reads: “Youth Serves the Führer. All 10-year-olds into the Hitler Youth.”. Membership in the Hitler Youth had become mandatory in 1936. 2.
The Nazis effectively used propaganda to win the support of millions of Germans in a democracy and, later in a dictatorship, to facilitate persecution, war, and ultimately genocide. The stereotypes and images found in Nazi propaganda were not new, but were already familiar to their intended audience.
As their first major anti-Semitic action after taking power, the Nazis organzed a nation-wide anti-Jewish boycott on 1 April 1933, alegedly to protest anti-German actions by Jews around the world. This poster announces the boycott in the town of Geisenheim.
Propaganda Poster from Occupied Poland: “Beware of Typhus. Avoid Jews” (1941)
1. This poster announces a Nazi meeting in Munich in May 1920. Hitler is to speak on the topic “What do we want?” The text below the title reads: “Citizens!
Collaborators operated in a climate of licensed violence against Jews and pervasive Nazi propaganda that fueled long-standing anti-Jewish hatred. Map: The map shows the extent of Nazi Germany, the General Government, Reichskommissariat Ostland, and Reichskommissariat Ukraine in 1942.
