During World War II, Nazi Germany rose to power under Adolf Hitler’s ruling and utilized different mediums of propaganda such as illustrations, music, and film to portray the Jewish people as greedy and to dehumanize them as rats. Jay W. Baird, a 20th century professor states, “The Jew was a parasite. Not only did he differ from the Aryan race in body, but more significantly in soul, for the Jew has no soul.” The propaganda tactic that best influenced the German people were used in pictures that provided illustrations which commonly portrayed the Jewish people with damaging stereotypes such as showing them with a big nose, angry expression, and sitting on a bag of money. In addition to these antisemitic posters, they were also depicted as
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On December 7th, 1941, Pearl Harbor had been attacked by the Empire of Japan. A direct result of this action forced America into war as well as creating a hatred towards Japanese- American citizens. The American people viewed the Japanese as heartless and dangerous, forcing them to live in internment camps fearing that they would try to escape The United States and go to Japan to join them at war. This happened due to the propaganda provided to the public, spreading the word that no Japanese person should be trusted. Also, posters played a huge role in turning the Japanese into the enemy. These interpreted the Japanese as yellow skinned with large teeth who would often attack women and children. Propaganda created in Japan to promote patriotism and unity which in turn, Allied propagandists used to portray the Japanese as a mindless and unified mass. Lynette Finch defined propaganda as the “management of opinions and attitude by the direct manipulation of social suggestion.” In other words, the main point for the use of propaganda is used to influence people psychologically in order to alter social perceptions. America successfully did so by using fear as a …show more content…
Hitler claimed in his book, Mein Kampf, “All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.” Through skilled propagandist, Hitler was able to send his message clearly by creating fear against Jews as well as promising he would make Germany a great nation again, making his people feel secure in their decision to elect him. In fact, Hitler’s approach to propaganda has been so influential that over the course of many generations, his method is still used to this
On December 7th, 1941, Pearl Harbor had been attacked by the Empire of Japan. A direct result of this action forced America into war as well as creating a hatred towards Japanese- American citizens. The American people viewed the Japanese as heartless and dangerous, forcing them to live in internment camps fearing that they would try to escape The United States and go to Japan to join them at war. This happened due to the propaganda provided to the public, spreading the word that no Japanese person should be trusted. Also, posters played a huge role in turning the Japanese into the enemy. These interpreted the Japanese as yellow skinned with large teeth who would often attack women and children. Propaganda created in Japan to promote patriotism and unity which in turn, Allied propagandists used to portray the Japanese as a mindless and unified mass. Lynette Finch defined propaganda as the “management of opinions and attitude by the direct manipulation of social suggestion.” In other words, the main point for the use of propaganda is used to influence people psychologically in order to alter social perceptions. America successfully did so by using fear as a …show more content…
Hitler claimed in his book, Mein Kampf, “All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.” Through skilled propagandist, Hitler was able to send his message clearly by creating fear against Jews as well as promising he would make Germany a great nation again, making his people feel secure in their decision to elect him. In fact, Hitler’s approach to propaganda has been so influential that over the course of many generations, his method is still used to this