Hitler’s Propaganda Like Stalin and many other dictators, Hitler used propaganda to force his way of thinking onto the

masses. Below, you will find posters created by Hitler’s propaganda machine. Using your notes

and knowledge about propaganda, identify the techniques used in each poster.

1. Translation: “Jews: A People of Contagion”

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2. Translation: “Long Live Germany!”

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3. Translation: “The Spider”

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4. Translation: “Give Me Four More Years”

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5. Translation: “Children for the Leader”

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6. Translation: “The Jewish nose is bent. It looks like the

number six.” (from a children’s book that tells

German children how to identify Jews)

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7. Translation: “Just You” or “Especially You”

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8. Translation: “Winter Fund, A People That Help

Themselves” (encouraging families to have children

in order to increase the Aryan race)

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9. Translation: “I’m Waiting for You!”

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10. Translation: “Wanted! for Murder”

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11.

Translation: “The God of the Jews is Money. To earn

money, he commits the greatest crimes. He will not

rest until he can sit on a huge money sack, until he has

become the king of money.”

Propaganda

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Translation: “Books Are the Enemy”

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