The picture above shows an illustration found in a children's book. The headlines say "Jews are our misfortune" and "How the Jew cheats."
Germany, 1936 — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
See more examples of Hitler's Propaganda posters under "Videos, Links and Web Pages"
Hitler relied on propaganda in order to get his word out about what he thought the Germans should believe. He saturated society with images and captions telling how the Jewish people were bad and responsible for the downfall of Germany. He also used propaganda to influence Germans to enlist in his armies and later to demand participation by all, including children, in working to gain world dominance and be able to build his "perfect race."
Provide the answer to the first question and any other two questions posed. This is a parent posting week. Please post thoughtfully with a parent or other trusted adult. You will post your response first and will then post your parent response. Please ask if you have any questions.
What is propaganda?
What types of modern day examples of propaganda can you cite?
Were you ever influenced by any of the propaganda that you saw?
What are the effects of propaganda?
Have you ever seen propaganda spread in school?
What kind of an influence do you think the book shown above had on small children?
What do you see in the picture that would teach children to hate and fear Jewish people?
How are the Jewish people portrayed in the illustration?
What connection can you make with the three black birds and the three Jewish men?
Germany, 1936 — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
See more examples of Hitler's Propaganda posters under "Videos, Links and Web Pages"
Hitler relied on propaganda in order to get his word out about what he thought the Germans should believe. He saturated society with images and captions telling how the Jewish people were bad and responsible for the downfall of Germany. He also used propaganda to influence Germans to enlist in his armies and later to demand participation by all, including children, in working to gain world dominance and be able to build his "perfect race."
Provide the answer to the first question and any other two questions posed. This is a parent posting week. Please post thoughtfully with a parent or other trusted adult. You will post your response first and will then post your parent response. Please ask if you have any questions.
What is propaganda?
What types of modern day examples of propaganda can you cite?
Were you ever influenced by any of the propaganda that you saw?
What are the effects of propaganda?
Have you ever seen propaganda spread in school?
What kind of an influence do you think the book shown above had on small children?
What do you see in the picture that would teach children to hate and fear Jewish people?
How are the Jewish people portrayed in the illustration?
What connection can you make with the three black birds and the three Jewish men?
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