World War II Propaganda Collections
424 items
- Notes:
- Lottery ticket printed by the NSDAP in 1935. The ticket cost 1 Mark and the front has the German eagle and swastika. The back has a list of the terms of the lottery and also the list of available winnings. The lottery ticket is from the city of Munich.
- Date Created:
- 1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Allied propaganda leaflet dropped on German soldiers that tells them how close the war is to being over, providing the latest intelligence reports that state, American soldiers are occupying Luxembourg and that British troops are in Belgium. It warns the German soldiers that the only safe place for them is in captivity.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. A framed image of the silhouette of a man with a dog by his side; in the background, in a lighter ink, is a man driving a horse-drawn cart; on either side of this image is the amount of the bill's worth: "Fünfzig/50 Pfennig"; below the image: "Ein sicherer Führer."
- Date Created:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 10 Marks monochrome German note. Dark green ink on olive green background; woman on right holding paddle in left hand and a palm branch pen decorated with two snakes.
- Date Created:
- 1906-10-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Election campaign leaflet for the Eiserne Front, a combination force of the Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands and the Deutsche Zentrumspartei for the 1932 Landtag elections in Preussen. The party's symbol, the Antifacist Circle, is located on the top right corner and was designed to easily cover the swastika symbol of the Nazi party. This leaflet tells citizens how the Eiserne Front is taking the necessary steps under the government of Franz von Papen and how the citizens need to maintain discipline.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 50 Francs polychrome Algerian bill, featuring a small market in El Jem, Tunisia, Roman amphitheater in the background. Inscription at bottom says, "For those who are dishonest, forgiveness comes with a lifetime of hard work."
- Date Created:
- 1939-08-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Form provided to German citizens by the German police to fill out in order to register to display a signal light. These lights would then signify that the homes would accept evacuated or injured Germans who lost their homes during an air raid. The form itself asks for basic information from the host family, including number of children, religion, and also whether they are Aryan, mixed, or non-Aryan.
- Date Created:
- 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Campaign election leaflet for the NSDAP during the November 6, 1932 Reichstag election. It claims that Lords and Marxists were united together against the Nazis, spreading lies about them to the voters. It includes many proposals to the Prussian State Parliament, the Reichstag, and the City Council.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- This picture was included in the collection, "Deutschland erwacht. Werden, Kampf und Sieg der NSDAP (Germany awakens. Progress, Struggle, and Victory of the NSDAP). The photographs were included inside cigarette packages as a promotion and were collected by patrons. This collector's card shows members of the SA marching in Munich following the repeal of the uniform ban
- Date Created:
- 1933-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections