World War II Propaganda Collections
424 items
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- Back of 1 Mark polychrome German note. Top: image of the Wartburg. Bottom: image of Schloss Weissensee. Dividing the two images is a block of text; to the left of the text is an image of a rose and to the right an image of two fish, the Weisensee coat of arms.
- Date Created:
- 1921-08-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 1 thousand Marks polychrome German note. Pale green design background; print of Karl Radeck who participated in the Bolshevik Revolution; text: "Sowjed-Jude Radeck, Eisenbahnräuber, Arbeitermörder, Grösster Kapitalist in Rußland! Arbeiter, soll das Euer Führer sein?" (Soviet-Jew Radeck, train-robber, worker-murderer, Greatest Capitalist in Russia! Worker, should this be your leader?) This propaganda message was printed onto the paper later.
- Date Created:
- 1922-09-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Allied propaganda leaflet that was dropped on German troops. It provides factual information about the on going fighting in Italy near Rome. It supplies the troop information, for both the Allies and the Axis, as well as the numerical figures of soldiers in captivity.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 75 Pfennig polychrome German note. Gray, orange, red, yellow, and black ink; text reads: "Dieser Schein wird nicht eingelöst! Der für diesen Schein bezahlte Nennwert gilt als einmaliger freiwilliger Beitrag!"
- Date Created:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Gray, orange, red, yellow, and black ink; text reads: "Dieser Schein wird nicht eingelöst! Der für diesen Schein bezahlte Nennwert gilt als einmaliger freiwilliger Beitrag!"
- Date Created:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Allied propaganda leaflet that was dropped on German troops. The front shows two different images, German crosses in a battle cemetery and German POW's marching. The back informs German soldiers that the reconstruction of Germany is already taking place in the POW camps where they are teaching all sorts of subjects to prepare them for the war's end.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- The article "Paris 1871, Paris 1940" compares the victory and occupation of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war and then during World War II. Major landmarks of Paris in the photos include, Place de la Concorde, Arc de Triomphe, and the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles.
- Date Created:
- 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- 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:
- Front of 500 Marks polychrome German note. Light brown background; dark brown text. Only valid when embossed. This bill is embossed in the lower right-hand corner.
- Date Created:
- 1922-09-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 1 Mark polychrome German note. Gray, orange, red, yellow, and black ink; text reads: "Dieser Schein wird nicht eingelöst! Der für diesen Schein bezahlte Nennwert gilt als einmaliger freiwilliger Beitrag!"
- Date Created:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- A special supplemental provided by Der Zeitschrift that provides color images of the various flags of the German military branches. It includes the infantry, cavalry, navy, and the air force. In addition, it includes an image of the Reichskriegsflagge.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Cover of German periodical, which contains the article "Der 9. November in München," highlighting the events of the annual ceremonial march in honor of the first martyrs of National Socialism who were killed during the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, and, "Nach dem Mord in Paris," exhibits the story of Ernst vom Rath, a German diplomat who was assassinated in Paris by the Jewish youth, Herschel Grynszpan.
- Date Created:
- 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 20 Francs polychrome French bill, depicting French fisherman at work, wearing Sou'wester hat.
- Date Created:
- 1942-09-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 75 Pfennig polychrome German note. Red, yellow, black, and gray ink; a soldier in uniform and cane looking at posters for events; to the left of the image of the soldier: "Ist dies der Dank des Vaterlandes?"; to the right of the image: "Täglich fest des edlen schieberstandes!"
- Date Created:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Election campaign leaflet printed by the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands aimed to get the vote of mothers and women during the November Reichstag elections. It tells the voter that everything will be different, if the women want it to be. Freedom, prosperity, and peace are possible when the women vote for the List 2 and their three arrows.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- Election leaflet supporting Adolf Hitler for election in the 1932 Reichspresident election. It appeals to various groups of voters including, social democrats, supporters of the Zentrum party, women and mothers, farmers, the middle class, civil servants, victims of the Great War, the unemployed, disabled persons, senior citizens, and any other Germans. It claims that Hitler understands their needs and that they should listen to the call and join the 11 million people army in a march for freedom, food, truth, and justice.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Allied propaganda leaflet dropped on German soldiers. It informs them of the truth about the Allied advances in Italy in the region between Rome and Napoli, the back of the leaflet provides a map of the region. The front includes statistics of troops and battalions in the region.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 100 Marks polychrome German note. Dark blue on lighter blue; Athena (with a helmet and hammer at her feet) holding onto the left side of a framed image of Germania (blond hair with oak leaves); Diana (apples, wheat sheaves, and corn at her feet) holding onto the right side of the frame. Large eagle in background. Number: Nr 4633686F.
- Date Created:
- 1908-02-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 3 trillion Marks German note. No image or text on this side of the bill. Because money was printed so fast, there was no time to print the back; often blank backs were later used to print propaganda message.
- Date Created:
- 1923-10-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections