The Nazi Germans were a horrible group of the Holocaust. Their leader, Adolf Hitler, caused the death of 6 million Jews. Other than mass murder, the Nazis used propaganda to persuade their German citizens. Nazi Propaganda helped Nazis get the germans on their side and also hid the brutal mass murder they conducted. They tried to get their message through art, music, theater, films, books, radio, educational materials, and the press. The Nazi Germans used many ways to persuade the German citizens.
Beginning with, Nazi films were a strong way of carrying out their message. Nazi films were shared all around the country. Many different German directors posed Jews as cultural parasites, "subhuman", and as dangerous enemies of the German Reich. For example, the film titled "The Triumph of the Will" made in 1935. This film was made to glorify Hitler and the National Socialist movement. Another film, was titled "The Eternal Jew" which was made in 1940. This movie was made to give the message as showing the Jews as cultural parasites. These films, were just a few films that were made to give the Jews a horrible reputation.
Moving on, the Nazis also used the newspaper to appeal to the Germans. For instance, they drew cartoons showing hatred against the Jews. In addition to cartoons, the Nazis also made prisoners of concetration camps write documents to relatives. The camp authorities would make them write postcards and letters to their families home. The letters and postcards would talk about how they were being treated well, even though they were suffering in reality. This allowed the camp authorities to cover up the mass murder they commited. Letters and postcards were great ways for the Nazis to trick the Jews into thinking the camps were good.
Lastly, in 1944, SS officials created a film using ghetto residents from the ghetto, Theresienstadt. The film was made to show the kind treatments they received in Theresienstadt. After the film was done the ghetto residents were taken to Auschwitz- Birkenau. Where that were taken to killing centers. The Nazis used the Jews to trick their own kind. In conclussion, Nazi propaganda was used to get the German population on thier side. Also, it was used to help motivate those who favored the mass murder of the Jews. Nazi propaganda was the Nazis' disguise in trying to hide the mass murder they commited and the Holocaust they began.
Propaganda in the Holocaust
Hatred in the Holocaust
Adolf Hitler and his nazi accomplices were very cruel people. The hatred they had was expressed in a very inhumane ways. For example, many concentration camps were built to exterminate many of the Jews. Not only that but the Nuremburg laws were created to restrict Jews from their natural rights. This only goes to show the deep inner hatred that Adolf Hitler and many of his soldiers had on not only Jews, but the entire Jewish culture. Hatred throughout the Holocaust was at an all time high which is why Hitler did those inhumane acts.
Concentration camps were built to show the hatred Adolf Hitler had against all Jews and many undesirables. Through these camps, hatred roamed within many of the nazi soldiers. They would often release their inner hatred by beating the victims themselves. The concentration camps were places were many Jews were exterminated. They had to undergo inhumane conditions in which meals were not promised. Within the walls of hatred many jews began to lose faith and gain anger themselves. Many were angry at god for having left them alone and killing of many of their family and friends. The Nuremburg laws were also created to take away Jew rights. Due to these laws many Jews had to wear the Star of David upon their clothes. These laws also stated that jews should have no reason to live.
All in all, hatred was found a lot throughout the Holocaust and was expressed through everyone. Hitler had a lot of hatred so he built concentration camps around Europe to exterminate anyone who wasn't German. These concentration camps would be the death place of over 7 million Jews. Not only that but the Nuremburg Laws were very bad laws that treated Jews as animals as did many other people during the Holocaust. It just goes to show the real hatred people had during the Holocaust, but what they did not know was that they would be blinded by the bigger picture, that everyone was created the same.
Additional Information
This website shows different movies used for Nazi propaganda.
This websites describes the long hatred for the Jews.
This website gives information on the different ways of propaganda the Nazis used.
This is a movie called, "The Eternal Jew", which gave a bad thoughts on the Jews.
This is a photo of a sign that didn't allow Jews to enter a store or other places.
Photo of a German poster, promoting men to join the army. (Translated to English)