Propaganda and Scapegoating

Propagandaand

Scapegoating

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Scapegoating

The is actually an American propaganda poster illustrating the existence of Anti-Semitism in the

United States.Note the text near the bottom:

“Jews Are The Cause of High Taxes * Slavery * Starvation and Death---”

...in the United States

Here, a German propaganda cartoon threatens a Jewish conspiracy to take over

and “poison” the world.

...in Germany

...of Jews as useless

Translation:

“The Jew shies away from dangerous occupations.”

...of Jews as useless

Translation:

“The Jew avoids work, he lets others do the work for him.”

...of Jews as Corrupters

Translation:

“The Titans of Corruption”illustrating five Jewish leaders

...directed toward children

The children pictured here are reading an Anti-Semitic book titled “The Poisonous

Mushroom.” The book the young girl on the left is holding is titled “Trust No Fox.”

...of a “Mixed Race”

The caption in this illustration reads “The Jew is a bastard”

and connects Jews to other racial and ethnic groups that the Nazis believed were

substandard.

...of Racial Defiling

Translation:

“The Jews have always been Race Defilers.”

...of Racial Defiling

Photographs of mixed couples warning“Women and Girls, the Jews are your ruin!”

The Nazi Party’s Solutions

Translation:

“A moral and religious conception of life demands the prevention of hereditarily ill

offspring.”

The Nazi Party’s Solutions

Translation:

“...because God cannot want the sick and ailing to reproduce.”

The Nazi Party’s Solutions

Translation:

“Healthy Parents have Healthy Children.”

All Images Taken From:

ushmm.org. 2008. United States Holocaust

Memorial Museum. 26 Oct. 2008 <http://inquery.ushmm.org/uia-cgi/uia_query/page/1?uf=uia_RxijWg>