World War II Propaganda Collections
424 items
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- Back of 25 Pfennig polychrome German note. Blue background color; oval image of a ship in the Elbe harbor.
- Date Created:
- 1920-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Election campaign leaflet in support of the Berlin Communist party during the 1932 Landtag elections. It calls on all workers to form a front against Franz von Papen and join in the battle against his fascist government. In order to create more jobs it ensures that voters need to support KPD.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 25 Pfennig polychrome German note. Light blue checkered background; No 60945; bill is valid until October 1, 1920.
- Date Created:
- 1920-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 50 thousand Marks polychrome German note. Black ink on white paper; image of Mayor Brauweiler in upper left corner; on the right side is a green watermark with red embedded fibers. Portrait in this picture is a copy of the work "Arnold von Brauweiler" in 1535 by Bartholomäus Bruyn.
- Date Created:
- 1922-11-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Campaign election leaflet in support of the NSDAP during the 1932 Reichstag election. It calls out to all public servants that now more than ever it is time to man the entrenchments. It tells them that they are standing at a crossroads and they must decide whether they want to go back or forward. It demands that all officials act and think only about the people for their own sake.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Orange background with black text
- Date Created:
- 1920-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Some text, numbers, and pieces of the image are colored in orange ink; the image is of an open book and describes some of Glogau's history. In 1920, Glogau was part of Germany. Glogau is now Glogow, Poland.
- Date Created:
- 1920-12-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 25 Pfennig polychrome German note. Black and red text and numbers; faint watermark of the Bremen coat of arms in center
- Date Created:
- 1921-09-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 1 Rentenmark polychrome German note. Green in color. In one circle is a bundle of wheat sheaves (symbol for peace); in a second circle is a "1" with "Rentenmark" written across it.
- Date Created:
- 1937-01-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Date Created:
- [1941 TO 1945]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 25 Pfennig monochrome German note. Black and gray color scale; "25 Pfenning" in the center; image of Schloss Ritzebüttel on the left, and image of the Alte Liebe on the right; No. 057793
- Date Created:
- 1919-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 50 Pfennig monochrome German note. Blue color tone; a large "50" in the center of the bill; text along a dark blue border, "Die Fälschliche anfertigung dieses scheines wird mit zuchthaus bis zu zehn jahren beschstraft." (Falsification of this bill will be punished with up to ten years of hard labor.)
- Date Created:
- 1920-05-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Campaign election material printed in support of the SPD during the July 31, 1932 Reichstag election. It includes many political cartoons that mock the other political parties including the NSDAP. It calls Hitler a baron and exclaims that the Eiserne Front must get rid of them. It tells the voter that there are no workers, farmers, or middle class members working with Hitler. Item viewed as a LUNA BookReader object.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Election campaign leaflet for the Nazi party in the 1932 Landtag elections. This leaflet focuses on the town of Koburg, Germany and why the Nazi party is the right choice for their votes. It tells the voters of the good that had happened since the election of the NSDAP mayor in 1929.
- 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
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- Back of 5 Francs polychrome French bill, with image of woman from Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, Southwest France.
- Date Created:
- 1943-06-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Photographer Hugo Pfeiffer of Itzehoe, Germany captures a Russian prisoner near Leningrad in September 1941. The caption on the back provided by Pfeiffer states, "Noch so ein prahletexemplar (Another one of those Prize examples)." Black and white photograph. Handwritten on back of picture: Vor Leningrad Sept. '41, Russ. Gefangener; Noch so ein Prahlet Exemplar. Stamped: Hugo Pfeiffer.
- Date Created:
- 1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Campaign election leaflet in support of the NSDAP during the November 6, 1932 Reichstag election. It appeals to workers, both men and women. It places blame for previous problems in the Weimar Republic on the SPD, Papen, and Hindenburg. For the liberation of the working class, vote Adolf Hitler.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Election campaign leaflet printed by the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands aimed against the SPD and their plan to raise taxes on workers from 300 percent to 500 percent. It accuses the SPD and the middle class of being against workers. The back is an editorial cartoon.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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
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- Back of 200 thousand Marks polychrome 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 messages.
- Date Created:
- 1923-08-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 25 Pfennig polychrome German note. Dark red color tone, with brown text explaining that the bill can be redeemed at the city's main hall, the time when the bill loses its value will be announced publicly.
- Date Created:
- 1919-11-01T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- Campaign leaflet for the Communist Party during the 1932 Landtag election. It appeals to Hitler voters, accusing Hitler and the Nazi party of having a coalition with the system and of being submissive to the Treaty of Versailles and the Young Plan. It claims that the only rescue for voters is the Communist Party.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Campaign leaflet for the Communist Party during the 1932 Landtag election. It appeals to Hitler voters, accusing Hitler and the Nazi party of having a coalition with the system and of being submissive to the Treaty of Versailles and the Young Plan. It claims that the only rescue for voters is the Communist Party.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 5 Francs polychrome Algerian bill, featuring Algerian woman in traditional costume.
- Date Created:
- 1941-07-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Campaign literature printed in support for Hindenburg during the 1932 Reichstag President elections. It consists of quotations, stated from 1930-1932, from various members of the NSDAP party, including Göring and Hitler regarding the constitution and civil servants. It urges voters to protect their rights by voting Hindenburg.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 3 trillion Marks polychrome German note. Black ink over purple under print of two working men and the Buer coat of arms.
- Date Created:
- 1923-10-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Nazi propaganda leaflet dropped on British troops. It is a fake airmail letter that one British G.I. had sent to another British G.I. complaining about the war and their experience in the army. It also, complains about the Yanks who are getting all of the attention over the British soldiers. It encouraged dislike for American soldiers.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Photographer Hugo Pfeiffer of Itzehoe, Germany captures a Russian prisoner near Leningrad in September 1941. The caption on the back provided by Pfeiffer states, "Nitschewo, Stalin Kaputt (No Good, Stalin Kaputt)." Black and white photograph. Handwritten on back of picture: Vor Leningrad Sept. '41, Russ. Gefangener; Nitchenor, Stalin kaputt. Stamped: Hugo Pfeiffer
- Date Created:
- 1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 10 Pfennig polychrome German note. Green and white colors; black text; this bill loses its value one month after the public announcement.
- Date Created:
- 1918-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. "50" is written to look like leaves decorated with flowers; Stadt Schleswig's coat of arms: a moon and a star on either side of a castle; watermark of the coat of arms.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 500 thousand Marks polychrome German note. Red ink on white paper; watermark on right in blue; red fibers embedded in blue side. Warning against falsification (punishment: no less than 2 years imprisonment)
- Date Created:
- 1923-07-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Date Created:
- [1941 TO 1945]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Allied propaganda leaflet dropped on the Germans. It mocks Hitler and the leadership of the NSDAP by providing the Germans with direct quotes from Hitler's "Mein Kampf." On the other side are quotes from leaders of the party including, Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler, and Göring. Many of the quotes deal with the party's demand for Germans to fight until the very end.
- Date Created:
- 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 80 Heller polychrome Austrian note. Black and white portrait of Anton Bruckner (composer 1824-1896); yellow background.
- Date Created:
- 1920-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Propaganda leaflet dropped on fighting American soldiers. The cover shows an image of young boys singing in a Christmas choir next to a Christmas tree. The back describes how the men fighting the war have been breaking the commandment, "Thou shalt not kill." It reminds them how even choirboys get sick of fighting and eventually all start to sing in unison, and can't the men on the front learn a lesson from these boys?
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Allied propaganda leaflet dropped on Germans that outlined the Allied gains during the ongoing Allied offensive. It describes the Russian breakthrough towards Budapest, the closing battle around West Holland, the advance in Yugoslavia, the navy battle in the Adriatic Sea, and the large aerial victory over Cologne, Germany. It also, includes addition information about the city of Aachen, Germany and about the ongoing aid going to Greece.
- 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
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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:
- Back of 2 Rentenmark polychrome German note. Brown in color. In one circle is a bundle of wheat sheaves (symbol for peace); in a second circle is a "2" with "Rentenmark" written across it.
- Date Created:
- 1937-01-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Propaganda leaflet dropped on fighting American soldiers. The cover shows an image of young boys singing in a Christmas choir next to a Christmas tree. The back describes how the men fighting the war have been breaking the commandment, "Thou shalt not kill." It reminds them how even choirboys get sick of fighting and eventually all start to sing in unison, and can't the men on the front learn a lesson from these boys?
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Allied propaganda leaflet that was dropped on German soldiers fighting in Italy. The front has a map that shows the cities in Italy that had been bombed. The back provides information to the German troops about the bombed supply lines in Italy, Germany, and Switzerland and how it has affected the train schedule.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 50 Pfennig monochrome German note. White background; light blue borders and large "50" in background; "Nr. 563612;" dark blue text, "Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb 2 Jahre nach Beendigung des Krieges bei der Stadtkämmerei oder der Rüstringer Sparkasse zur Umwechselung vorgelegt wird. Der Ablauf dieser Frist wird spätestens 1 Monat vorher öffentlich bekanntgemacht."
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Text around border: "Der Gemeinderat dieser gutschein wird an den stadt kassen in zahlung genommen. Er verliert die gültigkeit 1 monat nach erfolgter bef?antgabe."
- Date Created:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 100 Marks monochrome German note. Blue ink on white paper; "100" written on a blue design element on the left and right side of the bill; "Reichsbanknote" written in a banner above the bulk of the text. Number in red: A 03297008.
- Date Created:
- 1922-08-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Allied propaganda leaflet that was dropped on the Germans. It includes quotes on the front from a variety of Allied leaders, Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill about the future of Germany. The back has quotes from leaders of the NSDAP, Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels, and Göring and accuses them for the destruction of Germany.
- Date Created:
- 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Green color tone; black text; Berliner-bear holding a coin with the number 50; watermark in the bottom right corner; this bill will be called for redeeming by December 31, 1920 at the latest.
- Date Created:
- 1920-01-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Campaign election leaflet in support of Paul von Hindenburg for Reichspräsident during the April 10, 1932 run-off election. It encourages voters that the best solution to Germany's problems would be found in the re-election of Hindenburg. It then highlights the faults within the leadership of the NSDAP, including Hitler, Goebbels, and Rosenberg. Item viewed as a LUNA BookReader object.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- American propaganda leaflet dropped upon German, Austrian, Polish, and Russian troops on the front explained the truth behind the invasion of Normandy in comparison to the propaganda provided by the Nazis. On the back, messages are included for Austrian, Polish, and Russian troops describing the intentions of the United States following the war
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections