World War II Propaganda Collections
424 items
- Notes:
- Nazi propaganda leaflet dropped on American troops. It tells the soldiers about the people behind the war and that these men will continue on the war to other places like a jungle war against Japan and a Third World War against Soviet Russia upon the conclusion of World War II. A large portion of the leaflet is missing.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Campaign election leaflet for the KPD in the November 6, 1932 elections. It calls out to workers to fight against opposing parties and their claims to support the workers during strikes. They deny that the NSDAP is against wage cuts since they have used the SA to break up strikes. It is the KPD that is fighting against hunger and facism, and that all workers should support.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Nazi propaganda leaflet dropped on American troops. It uses the image of a young child on Christmas with skeleton soldiers in the background on the front. The back describes the feelings of a young child, a soldier, and mother during the Christmas season. It is intended to use Christmas to discourage soldiers.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 1 thousand Marks polychrome German note. Dark green ink on green and lilac background; Warning against falsification (punishment: no less than 2 years imprisonment).
- Date Created:
- 1922-09-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- German propaganda leaflet dropped on Allied troops. The front presents "the act" that the governments of America and Great Britain see from the Soviet Union and Stalin. The back then displays that it is only all an act by Stalin.
- Date Created:
- [1942 TO 1945]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 50 Pfennig monochrome German note. Light print of the village buildings; a banner of text above the image says, "Spare in the Zeit, hast du in der Not" (Save in time, you'll have money in time of need.) Steinau can refer to: Steinau an der Straße, a town in Hesse, Germany, Steinau, Lower Saxony, a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, Steinau an der Oder, the German name for Ścinawa, a town in southwestern Poland, Steinau, the German name for Stonava, a village in the Czech Republic, Silesian Duchy of Steinau, or two tributaries of the Sieber in Osterode am Harz district in Germany: Große Steinau, Kleine Steinau.
- Date Created:
- 1918-12-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Campaign election leaflet for the KPD in the July 31, 1932 Reichstag election. It demands that the Treaty of Versailles be eliminated. It says that support for its repeal is coming from both Communists and workers in Germany and in France. It calls those who support the Treaty of Versailles warmongers.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Nazi Propaganda leaflet dropped on fighting American soldiers. The front features a soldier walking through the snow past a barbed wire fence. The other side reminds soldiers what Christmas was like back home and how the war means that they may never make it home for turkey, sherry, or Christmas pudding. It told the soldiers that the safest place to be in Italy was as a P.O.W., where they would be fed, have cigarettes, and would be guaranteed to see Christmas at home again.
- Date Created:
- [1943 TO 1945]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- This article, "Der ewige Verrat," identified throughout history, moments where the Jews played the role of a traitor. Different countries, time periods, and events are covered, concluding in the assumption that the Jew is a parasite
- Date Created:
- 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Election leaflet supporting Adolf Hitler for the 1932 Reichspresident election. It calls for a man like Hitler who understands the pain and suffering of the worker. It states that the safest fate for you and your family is in Hitler's hands.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections