World War II Propaganda Collections
424 items
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- Back of 1 Mark polychrome German note. Print image of a man pouring papers with text onto a crowd; on the pages is written: "Abwarten, Ruhe Bewaren," R.V.G. § 25,28,63,64,94," and "Gute Aussichten;" to the left of the image is written: "Verspraken ward uns bannig veel" and to the right of the image is written: "Doch hollen man en lütten deel;" the two boxes of text are written in Plattdeutsch.
- Date Created:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Election campaign leaflet in support of the DKP during the July 31, 1932 Reichstag elections. It advertises that July 10 to July 17, 1932 will be the big battle week of Anti-Fascist action against hunger, fascism, the rich, industry, and war. The DKP supports work, bread, and freedom.They are against capitalism and for socialism.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- This illustrated song book of the German Luftwaffe from the era of World War II is an example of the musical propaganda of the National Socialist Party. This work includes words and music for 25 songs, composed by Hans Felix Husadel. Illustrated with drawings and photographs by Fritz Koch-Gotha, and edited by Carl Clewing. Historians of music have noted that "Nazi" music represented an attempt to identify authentically German music to create a national cultural history (see Potter, Pamela M., "What is "Nazi Music"? The Music Quarterly, vol. 88, No. 3 (Autumn 2005), pp. 428-455). This work is discussed in Jung, Michael. Liederbücher im Nationalsozialismus: Dokumente. Vol. 2. Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität zu Frankfurt am Main, 1989. This is a part of Western Michigan University's World War II Propaganda digitized collections. and Ein Lied erschall' dem Fliegergeist / Worte, Dr. K. Sartori ; Musik, H.F. Husadel -- Matrosenlied : wir fahren gegen Engeland / Worte, Hermann Löns ; Weise, Herms Niel -- Jagdfliegerlied / Worte und Weise, Hermann Heiss -- Bomben auf Engeland / Worte, Wilhelm Stoeppler ; Weise, Norbert Schultze -- Der Sturmwind ist unser Bruder / Worte, Paul G. Ehrhardt ; Weise und Satz, Ernst-Lothar v. Knorr -- Flieger sind Sieger / Worte, Goetz Otto Stoffregen ; Weise, Robert Küssel -- Es blitzen die stählernen Schwingen / Worte, Heinrich Anacker ; Weise, Herms Niel -- Es donnern unsre Motoren / Arnold Wiesmann ; Weise, R. v. Schmidtseck -- Angeworfen die Propeller / Worte, Max Barthel ; Weise, E. Erich Buder -- Tag und Nacht : Ballade des Ozeanfliegers / Worte und Weise, Hermann Heiss -- Fliegen, ja fliegen / Worte und Weisse, Kurt Handrock -- Auf! Steh auf! : Kampffliegerlied / Worte und Weise, Hermann Heiss -- Morgen marschieren wir / Worte aus der Liller Kriegszeitung, Strophe von B. v. Selchow ; Weise, Hanns Heeren -- Lied der Fernaufklärer / Worte und Weise von Oberleutnant Christian Jährig -- Lied der Fallschirmschützen / Worte, Ltn. Schlichting ; Weise, O. Fw. Zierach, Obj. Woitschick -- Flieger empor! / Worte, Joseph Buchhorn ; Weise, E. Erich Buder ; Fassung, H.F. Husadel -- Flat-Lied / Worte, Oblt. Gröpler ; Weise, Wie "Argonnerwald" -- Fliegerliebe / Worte, Gunter Praus ; Weise, Robert Küssel -- Wir sind die Flaksoldaten! / Worte, San. Soldat Hans Laube ; Weise, Hanns Heeren -- Es ist so schön Soldat zu sein : Rosemarie / Worte und Weise, Herms Niel -- Wir Flieger haben ein grosses Glück / Worte von den Flugzeugführern Gefr. K.H. Kelting und H. Hamacher ; Weise von Gefr. K.H. Kelting -- Did da-did did / Worte und Weise, Arnold Acker -- Kamerad, wir marschieren im Westen! / Worte, Heinrich Anacker ; Weise, Herms Niel -- Fliegerliebe : Fliegerlied / Worte und Weise, Kurt Handrock, Hptm., Fliegerhorst Langensalza
- Date Created:
- 1939-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Allied propaganda leaflet that was dropped on German soldiers. It begins with a quote by Hitler from November 8, 1943 that guaranteed victory at the end of the war. The rest of the leaflet notifies the German troops of the actual progress of the war in areas in modern Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Poland, Romania, and Serbia.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Propaganda leaflet dropped on fighting American soldiers. It claimed that Jews ran the government of the United States instead of President Franklin Roosevelt. It also, maintained that the war was started by the Jews to make immense profits
- 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 500 thousand Marks polychrome German note. Dark green on pink under-print; portrait of a man in a Jacobite cap on left and right.
- Date Created:
- 1923-05-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Date Created:
- 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Thick, light green text; date and number stamped in red ink.
- Date Created:
- 1919-12-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Election leaflet supporting Ernst Thälmann (KPD) for the 1932 Reichspresident election. The front features Adolf Hitler, leader of the NSDAP, Paul Lobe and Franz Kunstler, leaders of the SPD, Eitel Fritz, leader of the Stahlhelm Bund der Frontsoldaten, and Paul von Hindenburg, leader of the Iron Front. It blames these opposing parties for failures of the Weimar Republic and promises bread, freedom, and socialism under Ernst Thälmann and the KPD.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Allied propaganda leaflet dropped on German soldiers during the Lower and Upper Silesian Offensives. It encourages them to give up in Italy since the Russians have already advanced and that it was only a matter of time until Germany surrenders.
- Date Created:
- 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 50 million Marks polychrome German note. Watermark image of the city; black text; Marbach's coat of arms in the center.
- Date Created:
- 1923-10-01T00:00:00Z
- 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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- Nazi propaganda leaflet dropped on American troops. The back has a poem that was supposedly written by an American soldier. It describes the conditions abroad and how the soldier wishes he were back in Michigan instead of in Italy. It was intended to make other soldiers miss home.
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- 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
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- Election campaign leaflet in support of the SPD in the 1932 Reichstag elections. It challenges the words of Hitler, "In 1918 the SPD took over a super Reich," by explaining the massive debt that the Treaty of Versailles had left Germany. Therefore, the SPD inherited a suffering Germany, crippled by the reparations they owed to the Allied powers. It was in no way their fault that the Weimar Republic had suffered to a great extent.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Date Created:
- 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 500 Francs polychrome French bill, featuring French writer, politician, and diplomat Chateaubriand with lyre.
- Date Created:
- 1946-09-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- An attachment provided by Der Zeitschrift that provides color images of the various aspects of the uniforms that members of the German Kriegmarine wore. Amongst them are epaulettes, shoulder pieces, and stripes for officers, ranging from master sergeant to sergeant. There are also career badges and service degree marks.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Election campaign leaflet in support of Paul von Hindenburg during the April 10, 1932 Reichspresident election. It asks the voter directly whether Hindenburg or Hitler is the right man and then provides reasons for supporting Hindenburg over Hitler. It claims that a vote for Hindenburg is a vote to preserve the unity of the Reich and that Hitler speaks empty words and makes promises that will not be fulfilled.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Campaign election newspaper in the support of the NSDAP during the July 1932 Reichstag election. It contained a speech given by Hitler on July 27, 1932 in Grunewald Stadium in Berlin to 100,000 - 120,000 people inside and outside the stadium.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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
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- Front of 100 thousand Marks monochrome German note. Green and white color scheme; face of a Mercury wearing a winged helmet, in the distance are smokestacks of a factory. Underneath the image is text; a watermark in the left bottom corner.
- Date Created:
- 1923-07-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 20 Marks polychrome German note. Brown tone; on left side of "20 Mark" is an image of a knight in armor, on the right side is an image of a woman holding wheat in one hand and a feather in the other; eagle above "20" wears a crown, signifying Imperial Germany
- Date Created:
- 1918-02-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- This article provides the complete text of Adolf Hitler's speech given before the Reichstag on January 30, 1939. The speech contained many threats against the Jewish populations of Europe and is referred to by many historians as "Hitler's Prophesy."
- Date Created:
- 1939-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Print image of two nuns atop a convent facing a mob of men with swords. Text above the image: "Da hatt' einmal, in alter Zeit Ettlingen mit den Frauen Streit:" text below the image: "die auf dem ehmals Stästschen Plan ein reiches Kloster hatten stahn."
- Date Created:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Print image of a group of government men being walked through a village by two guards; above the image: "Zwölf Ratsherrn sollten ohne Gnad' dem Tod verfallen durch das Rad!"; below the image: "Und schrieen auch die Bürger Ach; zu helfen waren sie zu schwach."
- Date Created:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 100 Marks polychrome German note. Yellow background with black text; two purple stamps: "Bezahlt 15. Nov. 1922" and "Bezahlt 14. Nov. 1922" (the coupon was paid out on two occasions); The word "Bezahlt" (paid) is written in a cut-out stamp.
- Date Created:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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
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- Front of 1 trillion Marks polychrome German note. Black ink over brown under print of two working men and 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
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- Back of 25 Pfennig polychrome German note. Some text, numbers, and borders are in green ink; text: "Gültig bis einen Monat nach Aufruf." Between two columns of text is an image of three stone statues; creating a border around the image of the statues is text: "Die Drei vom Ehemaligen Odertor stammenden heiligen Figuren und die Franziskaner Klosterkirche mit der Herbersteinschen Kapelle."
- Date Created:
- 1920-12-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Black, yellow, and orange ink; a print image of a group of men and women sitting in a horse-drawn wagon on a cobble-stone road; above the image: "Und die Moral von der Geschicht: verdirbes mit den Weibern nicht!"; below the image: "Sonst such den Mann, der unverzagt die Wahrheit deinem Feinde sagt!"
- Date Created:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Two images of silhouetted church buildings; the city's coat of arms; this bill loses its value one month after the official prompt.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 2 million Marks polychrome German note. Black text on white paper; purple design on right side; warning against falsification (punishment: no less than 2 years imprisonment)
- Date Created:
- 1923-08-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Campaign literature printed in support for the Deutsche Volkspartei (DVP), a centre-right national liberal party, during the 1932 Reichstag elections. The political comic strip mocks the opposing parties including the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD), Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD), and the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP).
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Campaign leaflet for the Nazi Party during the 1932 Landtag election. It includes a list of illusions that the previous governments had been presenting to the German people and that now it is the German citizens that are footing the bill. Therefore it is in their best interest to vote for the NSDAP party over the SPD or German Centre Party.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Campaign election newspaper in the support of the NSDAP during the July 1932 Reichstag election. It contained a speech given by Hitler on July 27, 1932 in Grunewald Stadium in Berlin to 100,000 - 120,000 people inside and outside the stadium.
- 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 1 Mark polychrome German note. On the left side of the bill is an image of a city, and on the right side is a cow; the two scenes are divided by a bridge over the Memel River; the word "Deutschland" points in the direction of the city and the word "Memelland" points at the cow. Memelland was occupied by Lithuania in the "Klaipėda Revolt" of 1923, annexed by Nazi Germany in March, 1939 and immediately reintegrated into East Prussia, annexed by Soviet Union in 1946, and made a part of the Lithuanian SSR in 1948. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, it has been part of the Republic of Lithuania.
- Date Created:
- 1921-11-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 25 Pfennig polychrome German note. Black and white image of "Der Alte Domshof"; "25 Pfennig" written in green
- Date Created:
- 1921-09-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 10 Pfennig polychrome German note. Title and numbers are partly colored in with purple ink; on the face of the bill is an image of a church building surrounded by pine trees.
- Date Created:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 50 Marks polychrome German note. Green and white color scheme; on the right side is an image of Germania with flowers in her hair and holding fruit; eagle seal without a crown, signifying Weimar Republic.
- Date Created:
- 1920-07-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Orange background with black text; image of the harbor on the Elbe river.
- Date Created:
- 1920-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Campaign election leaflet against Franz von Papen and in support of the NSDAP and Hitler during the Reichstag elections of November. It claims that under Papen the wages will be lowered so far down that working German families would no longer be able to survive. It tells the voters to fight for the removal of the capitalistic economy that exploits them and to embrace the system of National Socialism.
- 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 image of the young daughter on the front pleads to fighting American soldiers who are fathers. The back includes a poem that tells how sad the children and wives are at home while their fathers and husbands are off fighting.
- Date Created:
- [1942 TO 1945]
- 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:
- The article "Greuel jüdischen Sowjet-Kommissare" displays shocking photos of dead in the Soviet Union, supposed not be a result of German force. In addition the civilians are scoffed at, "So live and fight the people of Soviet-Paradise," supporting the idea that Germany's influence is necessary. Portrait of Hermann Göring on cover.
- Date Created:
- 1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Green color with image of Döringen's and Weissensee's coat of arms.
- Date Created:
- 1921-08-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Nazi propaganda leaflet dropped on fighting Allied troops. It has two stories "allegedly" written by two different prisoners of war, one American and one British. These stories talk of the great conditions in the POW camps including the extracurricular activities. Amongst these activities are boxing, a glee club, a theater, and much more. Item viewed as a LUNA BookReader object. and Stalagmites -- Does a Prisoner of War get a fair Deal?
- Date Created:
- 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- German labor book that was printed and distributed to multiple members of the German work force. This book in particular was printed in 1935 and belonged to a worker named Macheel, R. The inside provides basic information about the owner and includes information about his employment throughout the year. The back provides information to both the worker and the employer. Item viewed as a LUNA BookReader object. and Berufsausbildung -- Bisherige Beschäftigungsarten von längerer Dauer -- Merkblatt für Arbeitsbuchinhaber und Betrielasführen
- Date Created:
- 1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- Allied propaganda leaflet dropped on German soldiers questioning the reasoning behind the continued defense of Italy when there are already Allied troops in Germany. It was an attempt to dissuade German troops to drag on the fighting and the war.
- Date Created:
- [1944 TO 1945]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 5 Marks monochrome German note. Shades of blue; Germania, wearing a crown, holding a shield and spear; a young child holding a dove by Germania; fruit, wheat and sickle in bottom right corner.
- Date Created:
- 1904-10-31T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Notes:
- 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
- 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:
- Nazi propaganda leaflet dropped on Bulgarians. It claimed that if the Bulgarians let the British and the Americans into Bulgaria that the Russians would break their treaty and invade Macedonia and Bulgaria.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- The cover shows huge fortifications that were being built along the Atlantic for protection of the German Navy. The two-page article "An diesem Tag begann der Zweifronten Krieg gegen USA!" addresses the issue of the newly emerging war between Germany and the United States, due to Germany's support for Japan. Notice the delay in reporting by the German press since this article was printed January 15, 1942 more than a month after Germany had officially declared war on the United States.
- Date Created:
- 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Green ink/text; the Berliner-bear holding up the "50" coin in front of "Funfzig Pfennige." Underneath, there is text explaining that whoever falsifies a bill and brings it into circulation will be prosecuted. Light flower background.
- Date Created:
- 1920-01-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Exercise Logbook to the Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen (NSRL), known as the Deutscher Reichsbund für Birefringence (DRL) until 1938. This logbook belonged to Richard N. from Cologne, Germany and the information page provides a photograph of him. The purpose of the organization was the improved physical fitness and character of the participants, in addition to making members aware of the national consciousness of national socialism. Item viewed as a LUNA BookReader object. and Bescheinigung -- Vereinswechsel -- Die Start- und Spielberechtigung -- Vereinsbeitragsmarken -- Bescheinigung über die Teilnahme an Lehrgängen -- Besondere Eintragungen der Fachämter -- Beitragsmarken des DRL -- Der Inhaber dieses Ausweises geniesst
- Date Created:
- 1939-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- 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
- Notes:
- Election campaign leaflet in support of the NSDAP, the Hitler movement, during the 1932 Reichstag election. It is anti-Iron Front and declares to the voter the reasons why the NSDAP is a better choice. It especially focuses on Germans in the labor unions, demanding they have work and a just wage.
- 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 British and American troops. It has a picture of Joseph Stalin leading a horse over a cliff with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill being pulled along. It was intended to dismay American and British troops from fighting the war along with the Soviets.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- This article provides the complete text of Adolf Hitler's speech given before the Reichstag on January 30, 1939. The speech contained many threats against the Jewish populations of Europe and is referred to by many historians as "Hitler's Prophesy."
- Date Created:
- 1939-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 campaign leaflet in support of the DKP during the July 31, 1932 Reichstag elections. Like most other communist materials it appeals to the working class and especially to the working class of Berlin. It tells them that they fight for their freedom. It calls the previous leaders, Hindenburg and Papen and opposing parties, fascists.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 5 Marks German note. Purple stamp: "Privatbank zu Gotha Filiale Mühlhausen," otherwise blank back. 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:
- 1918-12-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 25 Pfennig monochrome German note. Brown and white colors; an image of the city and river are in the center.
- Date Created:
- 1919-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Election leaflet supporting Ernst Thälmann (KPD) for the 1932 Reichspresident election. It calls out to the young worker to support the KPD, which they promise can provide work, bread, and freedom. It suggests that they join the battle by joining the ranks of the communist youth association.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Propaganda leaflet dropped on fighting American soldiers. It claimed that Jews ran the government of the United States instead of President Franklin Roosevelt. It also, maintained that the war was started by the Jews to make immense profits
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- This article provides the complete text of Adolf Hitler's speech given before the Reichstag on January 30, 1939. The speech contained many threats against the Jewish populations of Europe and is referred to by many historians as "Hitler's Prophesy."
- Date Created:
- 1939-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- The twenty-five point Program of the NSDAP outlined the intentions and views of the party. Hitler presented them publicly on February 24, 1920. Also, on the final page are the lyrics to three songs of the movement, including the "Horst-Wessel-Lied," which was the anthem of the Nazi Party from 1930 to 1945. Includes portrait of Hitler. Item viewed as a LUNA BookReader object. and Programm der NSDAP -- Horst Wessel-Lied -- Volk, an's Gewehr -- Unsre Fahen flattert uns voran!
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Election campaign leaflet in support of the NSDAP during the July 31, 1932 Reichstag elections. It calls out to members of the trade unions, general workers and employees, civil servants, unemployed persons, and retirees. It guarantees to these groups that the NSDAP is working for them and not for the big businesses. It blames the SPD of being in support of big business.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Campaign election leaflet in support of the SPD during the November 6, 1932 Reichstag election. It has a cartoon of Hitler being escorted out and away from a table full of prosperous men. The leaflet continues to criticize the NSDAP and Communist parties and explain why the SPD is the best choice. It says against capitalism, not with talk, but instead with socialistic insight.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 25 Pfennig polychrome German note. In the center of the bill is an image of Saint George ("Sanct Georg"); below are three coat of arms; on both side of the image of Saint George is text; No 100860.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Black, yellow, and orange ink; a print image of two shirtless workers, a priest, a jester, and a duke (?) on a field, with a village in the background; text above and below the image: "Wenn's Krautköpfwärn', die wüchsen nach, könnt mich belust'gen solche Schmach!" "Sprach tapfer Hans, ohn' viel Geschrei Da ließ der Herr den Zwölften frei." (Hans the jester; der Herr Duke.)
- Date Created:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- The cover shows fortifications that were being built along the Atlantic for protection of the German Navy. The two-page article "An diesem Tag begann der Zweifronten Krieg gegen USA!" addresses the issue of the newly emerging war between Germany and the United States, due to Germany's support for Japan. Notice the delay in reporting by the German press since this article was printed January 15, 1942 more than a month after Germany had officially declared war on the United States.
- Date Created:
- 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- The four-page article "Jews among themselves," provides a photojournalistic image of the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland. The horrific conditions of the ghetto are not displayed however, and instead the author focuses on the reasons and justifications for the Jews being separated.
- Date Created:
- 1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- An attachment provided by Der Zeitschrift that provides color images of the various aspects of the uniforms that members of the Deutschen Heeres wore. Amongst them are collar patches with embroidery, letter badges for the shoulder pieces, arms colors, epaulette, badges, and service position marks.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- The cover features two soldiers on the Russian front. The various photographs and articles inside deal with different events in the war including the sinking of the British cruiser, "Dorsetshire," the sinking of the American aircraft carrier, "Yorktown," and the recruitment of Jewish men for the British army.
- Date Created:
- 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 5 Francs polychrome Moroccan bill, with watermark of a profile view of a lion.
- Date Created:
- 1941-07-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 50 Francs polychrome French bill, with woman and sheep in French countryside.
- Date Created:
- 1941-04-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Black and yellow ink. The text around the boarder reads: "Dieser Gutschein wird in den Stadtkassen in Zahlung genommen. Er verliert sie Gültigkeit 1 Monat nach erfolgter Bekantgeb." Number on bill: 17793.
- Date Created:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- The cover highlights the FW 190 Würger of the German Luftwaffe. The top two photos of the inside page, show Hitler speaking with members of the Finnish government on Marshall Mannerheim's birthday, while in the second photo Hitler greets the Hungarian Foreign Minister Miklos Kallay. The bottom three photos are a pictorial obituary of Reinhard Heydrich,
- Date Created:
- 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Nazi propaganda leaflet prepared by the local NSDAP Gauleiter and Reichsverteidigungskommissar to the German citizens of Western Germany in order to notify them of their responsibilities to the party. With the Allies approaching quickly it tells the citizens that it is still their duty to remain loyal to party and to Hitler until the very end. This includes all males from the age of 15 to 60.
- 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. Black and white text on rectangular bill
- Date Created:
- 1919-12-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 25 Pfennig polychrome German note. Green background with red writing; image of the Rathaus (city hall) of Magdeburg, Germany
- Date Created:
- 1920-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Green color with image of city hall that was burnt twice.
- Date Created:
- 1921-08-01T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- Front of 50 Francs polychrome Algerian bill, with image of Great Mosque of Algiers and Algiers harbor. Inscription at bottom, "In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful, and woe to the defrauders." (Quran 83.1)
- Date Created:
- 1936-06-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 20 Francs polychrome French bill. At left, with peasant women and child in traditional attire, of Brittany, France. Calvary statuary at right.
- Date Created:
- 1942-09-24T00:00:00Z
- 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 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:
- Allied propaganda leaflet dropped on Italian soldiers in order to inform them of how to say "I surrender" in English to the invading Allied troops. Also, included on the flyer is German directions to inform the German soldiers amongst the ranks of Italians.
- Date Created:
- [1944 TO 1945]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Colored black, red, and beige; one nude man on the right and one on the left side of the bill; between the two men is a circle and the text running across the circle reads: "Unser Schuldbuch sei vernichtet! Ausgesöhnt die ganze Welt! Brüder überm Sternenzelt richtet Gott, wie wir gerichtet." Beneath the text are two broken swords.
- Date Created:
- 1921-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Nazi propaganda leaflet dropped on American troops. It warns soldiers of the problems they will face when they return home following the war, meager pensions and unemployment. A portion of the leaflet is missing.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- 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:
- The four-page article "Jews among themselves," provides a photojournalistic image of the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland. The horrific conditions of the ghetto are not displayed however, and instead the author focuses on the reasons and justifications for the Jews being separated.
- Date Created:
- 1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- The cover shows a young girl eating fresh strawberries in Berlin. The top article inside, "Das Erzgebirge," shows an army scrap site in enemy territory. The article below, "Ghettos im Generalgouvernement," discusses the situation of the Jews in Poland. Note that this newspaper provides captions in both German and French.
- Date Created:
- 1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 5 trillion Marks monochrome German note. Dark blue ink over light blue under print of two working men and 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:
- Front of 25 Pfennig monochrome German note. Brown background; an image of the city skyline in the center, with two large "25"s on each side.
- Date Created:
- 1921-09-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections