Holocaust Propaganda
Because the magnitude of the Holocaust, it undoubtedly was affected by an array of influences. But, given that, the majority of the blame for the lethality and longevity of the Holocaust would have to fall into the hands of those who spread the propaganda, the very thing infecting the minds of the public and persuading them to play along with their agenda. This was the very planting of the seed that escalated the terror into drastic proportions.
How the Nazi propagandists were able to do so was with their thoroughly thought-out techniques to reach and seduce the people. For instance, it would be customary to dumb down what they are trying to convey to reach a broader and larger audience. This works out for them, especially because the more …show more content…
A propaganda book defined, “A group of living creatures is a race when its individual members share the same appearance and genetic inheritance.” (Bytwerk). Grouping them together like this is a way to paint them as an opposing force of destruction, an incoming threat to the German culture itself. “To call this state a ‘religion’ was one of the cleverest tricks ever invented. Actually, the Jewish religion is nothing other than a doctrine to preserve the Jewish race. From this first lie that Jewry is a religion, not a race, further inevitably follow”(Bytwerk). Using the untrue claim that the Jews consider themselves a race, the Germans use broken logic to …show more content…
The basic support they used was the claim that the Jews were leeches to the Germans, taking advantage of the primitive need to protect one’s very being, this referring to the protection of the German culture. Hans Frank acknowledged the 2.5 million Jews and 3.5 million “mixtures” that had to be dealt with. At the time, he claimed they could not kill them but “take measures that will lead to their annihilation”(Frank). This may have seemed more humane (used very loosely) at the time, but they inevitably murdered the Jews by the millions. Despite the contributions the Jews did offer to Germany, the Nazis considered them traitors, blaming them for the devastation of World War I, the result of a lens the Nazis had; through it, they were conditioned to see Jews only as malicious menaces. Hitler was able to fuel this fire of deception and persuasion, pitting the public further against the Jews to the point of unchecked power through
How the Nazi propagandists were able to do so was with their thoroughly thought-out techniques to reach and seduce the people. For instance, it would be customary to dumb down what they are trying to convey to reach a broader and larger audience. This works out for them, especially because the more …show more content…
A propaganda book defined, “A group of living creatures is a race when its individual members share the same appearance and genetic inheritance.” (Bytwerk). Grouping them together like this is a way to paint them as an opposing force of destruction, an incoming threat to the German culture itself. “To call this state a ‘religion’ was one of the cleverest tricks ever invented. Actually, the Jewish religion is nothing other than a doctrine to preserve the Jewish race. From this first lie that Jewry is a religion, not a race, further inevitably follow”(Bytwerk). Using the untrue claim that the Jews consider themselves a race, the Germans use broken logic to …show more content…
The basic support they used was the claim that the Jews were leeches to the Germans, taking advantage of the primitive need to protect one’s very being, this referring to the protection of the German culture. Hans Frank acknowledged the 2.5 million Jews and 3.5 million “mixtures” that had to be dealt with. At the time, he claimed they could not kill them but “take measures that will lead to their annihilation”(Frank). This may have seemed more humane (used very loosely) at the time, but they inevitably murdered the Jews by the millions. Despite the contributions the Jews did offer to Germany, the Nazis considered them traitors, blaming them for the devastation of World War I, the result of a lens the Nazis had; through it, they were conditioned to see Jews only as malicious menaces. Hitler was able to fuel this fire of deception and persuasion, pitting the public further against the Jews to the point of unchecked power through