Nazi Propaganda poster

'Behind the enemy powers: the Jew'

This poster was created in 1945, by Hamil. This poster protrays the theme of propaganda, aiming to influence all Germans. Propaganda is misleading information that is used to promote political causes, coming from the Latin root: pangere- to fasten. Nazi's used propaganda to presaude Germany that Jews were a threat (to fasten the thought into German's heads). 

In this image there is a big man with a big nose wearing a nice suit, with a top hat. This man is Jew, as shown by the Star of David. The Jewish man is standing in between an American flag, an English flag and a Soviet Union flag. These are the flags of the Allied countries. The caption reads “Behind the enemy powers: The Jew. This gives the theory that Jews are attacking Germany.

This poster depicts a  stereotypical Jew behind the American, English and Soviet Union flag. By placing the Jew behind the flags it seems as though he controls the countries. Hamil was trying to warn Germans about the Jews evil actions that are harming families in Germany. The Jewish man looks guilty, as shown by his eyebrows, this implies that he has done something bad/wrong. The quote “Behind the enemy powers: The Jew” suggests that the Jews are manipulating the Allied powers to bring Germany down. This poster shows the Jews as sluggish, evil characters trying to overthrow Germany. Men would’ve been easily persuaded by this image as they want to provide for there families and with rich Jews as the rulers that wouldn’t be possible. Women would’ve tried to control their children’s lives by forcing them to stop interacting with Jews. Even if their friends were Jews, they couldn’t talk to one another. Children are influenced at very young ages by what their parents do, therefore children could’ve tried to protect themselves and stay away from stereotypical Jews. Children might of been cautioned to ask if person was a Jew or not before getting to know them.

This image is unethical because it depicts a negative message through lies. Jews were never trying to harm Germany, Hitler (like many others) needed someone to blame. Jews were infact never a threat to Germany in any way, they helped Germany rise by contributing in wars, education and health care. In this poster Jews are illustrated as filthy rich slobs which is unfair to the Jewish people, as they did nothing wrong. This image was spreading lies, that were designed to cause fear and hate to the Germans.

Credit: 

- geheugenvannederland.nl