Nazi Propaganda Analysis

The Nazi regime burgeoned on confusion and fear. A culture of extreme animosity created a panic ridden environment in which no one was safe and everyone was full of suspicion. The climate was best captured when Heinrich asked his mother the simple yet pithy question, “Do we go on playing?” (Toyland). It was not just the Jews who were at a loss for words because of the horrific deeds being done by the Nazi’s, but also the Non-Jewish Germans. However, this anti-Semitist sentiment did not rise out of thin air but was present for many centuries leading up to Hitler’s hegemony and has unfortunately remained deeply hidden inside some of the German people (Voth). Anti-Semitic propaganda was the driving force behind the hostility that was evident throughout the film and that the society of the Third Reich was steeped in. It says a lot about the indoctrination of the Nazi regime when it was impossible for Nazi soldiers to distinguish between a Jew and Non-Jewish German in two

Rumor had people convinced that the Jews were vile pagans destroying and robbing their society. This conviction was all a result of the propaganda the was dispersed throughout society. Hitler’s Mein Kampf was a subtle example of this propaganda in which he proposed the involuntary exit of Jews in Germany. A plethora of propaganda such as this prepared the way for the Nazis to come in and legislate such racist and ‘bigotist’ laws. While much social distaste for the Jews came from propaganda attacking the Jewish culture, there was political element as well. This, “component of political antisemitism was nationalism, whose adherents often falsely denounced Jews as disloyal citizens” (United). As a result of this propaganda which attacked every facet of Jewish society, the Nazi regime had no problem convincing the public of their policies while keeping them ignorant of their