World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Election leaflet supporting Ernst Thälmann (KPD) for the March 13, 1932 Reichspresident election. The front calls out to women through figures and drawings to recognize the discrepancy between state aid to working class families and affluent families under the leadership of Paul von Hindenburg. The back accuses Hindenburg of being the candidate of war and emergency decrees. It concludes urging voters to support the KPD, which promises peace, freedom, and bread.
- 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. Brown text over orange background design; three red seals containing coats of arms.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 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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- Campaign election leaflet in support of Paul von Hindenburg for Reichspräsident during the April 10, 1932 run-off election. The title asks, "What brings on Hitler's dictatorship?" It mocks the voters, asking them what more could they lose in the Third Reich under the leadership of Hitler. It tells the voters that Hindenburg's intelligence, personality, stability, and authority is the best answer for the country. 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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- 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
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- Nazi propaganda leaflet dropped on American troops serving in Italy. It discusses the conditions that will be occurring in the upcoming fall along the river Po. In order to help with the boredom of endless rains it supplies the troops puzzle questions to keep them busy. The questions remind the soldiers of home and of the poor conditions of the war.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 50 Pfennig monochrome German note. Orange design and image of ship.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 100 Francs polychrome Moroccan bill, with two watermarks of a lion (profile and frontal views). Large Arabic text states the name of the bank (Bank of Morocco) and the bill's denomination. Smaller Arabic text at bottom translates as: "Any person who changes or alters this currency will be punished with hard labor. Issued Second Jumadah 1343 [hijri date], 30 January 1924.
- Date Created:
- 1941-05-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 50 Pfennig monochrome German note. Light blue background with dark blue text and borders; "Die Einlösung dieses Scheins gewährleistet sie Stadtgemeinde."
- 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 75 Pfennig polychrome German note. Title and numbers are partly colored in with blue ink; in the face of the bill is an image of a battle scene.
- 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 200 thousand Marks polychrome German note. Orange background, black text; one hole cut out of the bill.
- Date Created:
- 1923-08-15T00:00:00Z
- 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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- Election leaflet supporting Ernst Thälmann (KPD) for election in the 1932 Reichspresident election. This leaflet was printed during the second round of voting, which took place April 10. It appealed to the members of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (ADGB) or to anyone in an organized union. It tells them to join in the march against capitalism and the imperialistic war by supporting Thälmann.
- 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 100 billion Marks polychrome German note. Text in brown ink; no image; border along the edge of the bill.
- Date Created:
- 1923-10-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 100 thousand Marks polychrome German note. Dark brown on pink under print; portrait of Merchant Gisze; blue and red fibers embedded on right side. Portrait used for this image of Gisze taken from the work "Portrait of Georg Gisze of Danzig" in 1532, by Hans Holbein, and currently held in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
- Date Created:
- 1923-02-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- 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
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- A Nazi ration card provided to households throughout Germany. This one is from the city of Hamburg and belonged to the family of Otto Lohauf, a two member household. The entries range from 1944 until 1947 and it was the ration card for commercial products. Item viewed as a LUNA BookReader object. and Zur Beachtung: Eintragungen erfolgen durch den Einzelhändler -- Einkauf eintragungspflichtiger Waren
- 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 1000 Rubles polychrome Russian bill. Russian State Duma (Parliament) building appears in the center
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Appointment book provided to the boys of the Hitler Youth in order to guide them through the various expectations of the program. Included inside was a calendar of important dates for the young men. Note the list of "Die Gefallenen der Hitler Jugend (The casualties of the Hitler Youth)" idolizing the young men who were a sacrifice for their homeland. Item viewed as a LUNA BookReader object. and Die Gefallenen der Hitler-Jugend -- Dieses Merkbuch gehört: -- Einführung -- Kalender für 1938-1939 -- Die Geschichte der Jugend Adolf Hitlers -- Das Gesetz über die Hitler-Jugend -- Die Organisation des Jahrgangsweisen Aufbaues -- Die Organisation der HJ -- Auszug aus der HJ-Dienstordnung -- Gliederung der Jugendführung des Deutschen Reichs und der Reichsjugendführung der NSDAP -- Die Leistungsabzeichen der Hitler-Jugend -- Die Mitgliederentwicklung der Hitler-Jugend -- Die Sondereinheiten der Hitler-Jugend -- Gliederungsplan eines Bannes der Hitler-Jugend -- Der Gesundheitsdienst der Hitler-Jugend -- Aufgaben und Ausbildung der Gesundheitsdienst-Mädel -- Die grosse Dienstanzug des Hitlerjungen -- Der grosse Dienstanzug des Jungvolkjungen -- Die allgemeine Bundestracht der BDM- und Jungmädel -- Die Dienstrangabzeichen der Hitler-Jugend -- Die Bücher für die Hitler-Jugend -- Gliederung und Aufbau der Hitler-Jugend -- Anschriften der HJ-Dienststellen -- Inhaltsverzeichnis:
- Date Created:
- 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Colored image of Schleswig Schloss Gottorf in an oval shape; along the border of the bill: "Das Werk der Vater musste untergehen durch Gottes Gnad' wird Deutschland wieder auferstehen. Nur bleibt stets einig Brüder reichet euch die Hand schafft euch ein neues Vaterland" (Through God's grace Germany will rise again. Brothers, reach out each others hands, and establish a new Fatherland.)
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Campaign literature printed for the Nazi party during the November 1932 Reichstag election. It describes what the NSDAP wants through their Programm der NSDAP, excerpts of speeches from 1930 to 1932, and the NSDAP's problems with the government of von Papen. It also, includes a place for readers to subscribe to "Der Angriff." Item viewed as a LUNA BookReader object. and Kriesopfer klagen an! -- Was wir Nationalsozialisten wollen: Wählt Nationalsoz. Deutsche Arbeiterpartei Liste 1 -- Das unmögliche Papenprogramm -- Aus dem Programm der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei -- Die Koalition: Deutschnationale und Zentrum -- Der Kampf hat begonnen Führt Liste zum Sieg!
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Booklet printed and distributed to the various organizations within the German Reich. It included branches of the military, civil groups, and health associations. It provides a price list that gives the cost for items used by each branch. Item viewed as a LUNA BookReader object. and Wehrmacht-Reichsheer -- Wehrmacht-Reichsmarine -- Wehrmacht-Luftwaffe -- Reichsluftsport-Verband -- Reichsluftschutzbund -- Technischee Nothilfe -- Arbeitsdienst -- NSDAP-Knöpfe -- NSDAP-Artikel -- NSDAP-Koppelschnallen und Schulterriemenbeschläge -- Schutspolizei, Kommunalpolizei, Gendarmerie -- Feuerwehr -- Reichsbahn -- Reichsbahn-Trajektverkehr -- Autoknöpfe und Abzeichen -- Strassen und Privatbahnknöpfe -- Strassen und Privatbahn-Abzeichen -- Post -- Postschutz -- Wach.- und Schliessgesellschaft -- Mutzen-Hoheitsabzeichen fur Beamte -- Sanitäter (Rotes Kreuz) -- Forstknöpfe aus Horn in gruner Farbe -- Fortsknöpfe und Abzeichen -- Forst-Effekten -- Forst-Feldbindenschlösser -- Bergbau -- Landzoll -- Wasserzoll -- Reichsnährstand -- Schiffahrts-Knöpfe -- Schutzen -- Musik -- Firmenknöpfe -- Livreeknöpfe -- Stadtwappen-Knöpfe -- Reitrock-Knöpfe -- Trachtenknöpfe -- Knöpfe aller Art -- Abzeichen aller Art -- Sterne aller Art -- Buchstaben und Zahlen -- Ordensbleche -- Ordensknöpfe -- Schneiderbedarfs-Artikel -- Karabinerkhaken
- Date Created:
- [1941 TO 1945]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- This work's title roughly translates to "Battle Songs for the front and the homeland and includes primarily words for singers, rather than full music, though one song, "Die Wacht im Osten," includes the music. Ausgabe Dezember 1940 mit dem wertvollsten neuen Soldatenliedern. 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.
- Date Created:
- 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Election leaflet supporting Ernst Thälmann (KPD) for the 1932 Reichspresident election. The front includes an excerpt from the Dresdner Volkszeitung of 1925, which contains a drawing and also a quote from the leader of the SPD. The back accuses Paul von Hindenburg, Heinrich Brüning, and Wilhelm Groener of being fat cats and that the voter should vote for the worker's candidate, Thälmann.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- 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
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- Campaign literature of the Nazi Party that criticizes the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) for the economic failures in Germany. It explains to voters that the future belongs to the NSDAP, and should be against the SPD and Jewish capitalism. Ending the flyer is the slogan, "Long live Adolf Hitler."
- 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 printed in support of Graf Westarp. It appeals to the voters who elected Paul von Hindenburg as an independent who can now vote Westarp as an independent. It tells them to vote against party-political radicalism that has led to inflation and Civil War in Germany.
- 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 leaflet for the NSDAP during the November 6, 1932 Reichstag election. The leaflet highlights the problems that were a result of the Dawes Plan, including the loss of money totaling 7.975 billion dollars. It continues to explain the reasons behind why the NSDAP never supported the plan.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Facts in Review was published by the German Library of Information in New York and provided the American public a view of World War II through the eyes of Germany. This issue printed on July 29, 1940 provided up to date war news and an article on German magazines and periodicals. Item viewed as a LUNA BookReader object. and Germany Respects Monroe Doctrine -- What Germany Hears and Says -- Allied Intrigue -- The Blockade of Great Britain -- German Periodicals of Today -- Germany's Medical Corps -- Forged Photographs-An Old Trick -- The Firing of Louvain's Famous Library -- Facts in Brief
- Date Created:
- 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 2 Lire Italian monochrome bill, blue in color, with images of a fasces surrounded by oak leaves and wheat.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 25 Pfennig monochrome German note. Lighter brown tone; text: "Gültig im Bezirk derAmtshauptmannschaft Dresden Neustadt." (Valid in the administrative district of Dresden Neustadt).
- Date Created:
- 1921-09-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Election leaflet supporting Ernst Thälmann (KPD) for the 1932 Reichspresident election. The front blames the Nazi Party of enslaving the youth of Germany. The back criticizes opponents of the KPD by revealing the "mask" and "true colors" of the NSDAP, SPD, and Paul von Hindenburg. It concludes with reasons to vote for the KPD, the party of the poor against the rich.
- 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 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
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 100 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 messages.
- Date Created:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- The cover shows an indigenous woman welcoming a German soldier on one of the Pacific islands. The article inside on the left, "USA Zahlen rausch auf dem Papier," pokes fun at the discord between plans and actions in the United States. Meanwhile, the article on the right, "Ein Sowjet-Panzer fliegt in die Luft," documents the destruction of a Soviet tank.
- Date Created:
- 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Back of 25 Pfennig polychrome German note. Blue color with image of the town fountain (Fischerbrunnen).
- 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 10 Pfennig polychrome German note. Orange and black in color; the Weissensee coat of arms: a star between two fish.
- Date Created:
- 1921-08-01T00:00:00Z
- 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
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- Front of 50 Francs polychrome Algerian bill, featuring Algerian couple in pastoral scene with Kabyle costume. Zouave style later used by the French military.
- Date Created:
- 1939-08-04T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Notes:
- The article "Der 9. November in München," highlights 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.
- Date Created:
- 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Notes:
- Back of 1 million 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 messages.
- Date Created:
- 1923-08-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 10 Marka polychrome Estonian banknote; green over reddish paper; hole punched into corner.Text written across in maroon under print.
- Date Created:
- 1921-08-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- 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
- 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:
- Allied propaganda leaflet dropped on German troops. It provides information about the German and Austrian home front. It covers the issues of labor, family life, the war frontlines, and the health front. It describes for the troops the many hardships that their families are facing.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 100 thousand 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 messages.
- Date Created:
- 1923-08-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 5 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 messages.
- Date Created:
- 1923-10-23T00:00:00Z
- 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