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The Holocaust
How could so many people
be so wrong?
Propaganda
• Information that is spread for the purpose
of promoting some cause
• The Nazis were masters of this.
• Their cause was convincing people that
Jews were worthless and evil.
How did they do it?
• The Nazis used
advertisements and
cartoons like these to
blame the Jews for
Germany’s problems
• This ad shows a
symbol for a Jew
strangling the U.S,
Russia, the Soviet
Union, and China
Germans Blame Others
• This image shows a Jewish person eating the European
nations, suggesting they were devouring them with war.
• The reality? Germany started the war and was gobbling
territory all around them.
More Lies About Jews
• The Nazis also
claimed the Jews
were to blame for
Germany’s financial
problems– Almost
half of all Germans
were unemployed
• What symbols do you
see in this poster that
would make people
blame Jews?
Hints in the Pictures
• Note the gold in one
hand and the whip in
the other.
• Nazis wanted people
to think of Jews as
greedy and selfish
Nazi Reason Jews Were Different
• The Jew is shown
ensnaring a woman in
his web of lies
Positive Images of Hitler and Nazis
• At the same time the
Jews were blamed for
war and poverty, ads
like this made the
Nazis seem kind and
peaceful
• This picture shows
Hitler sowing the
seeds of peace
Get Them Early
• Nazis started early teaching children hatred in
schools.
• One text book said,
“Which race must the National Socialist race
fight against?
The Jewish race.
• Why?
The goal of the Jew is to make himself the ruler of
humanity. Wherever he comes, he destroys
works of culture. He is not a creative spirit,
rather a destructive spirit.
Nazi Children’s Book
What does that mean?
• This is a children’s
book that is titled:
• You Can’t Trust a fox
or a Jew
Poisonous Ideas
• This is another
children’s book that
depicted the Jews as
poisonous and tricky
• It is called “The
Poisonous
Mushroom”
The Power of Words
• The Nazis also realized
that words could
change the way
people thought.
• They called Jews
vermin, like mice or
rats.
• When they were going
to kill them, they called
it extermination, not
murder.
Other examples
• Action
• Measures to seek out
Jews and kill them
• Evacuation
• Murder
• Treated appropriately
• Murdered
The Power of Information
• The Nazis controlled
information
• Books were burned if
they disagreed with
the Nazis or were
written by Jews
• This picture is the
minister of
propaganda speaking
at a book burning