World War II Propaganda Collections
424 items
- 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