World War II Propaganda Collections
424 items
- Notes:
- Nazi propaganda leaflet dropped on American troops. It uses the image of a young girl on the front to encourage fathers to come home. The back warns soldiers that they may never make it home to their wives, sweethearts, mothers, children and all that they will be able to give them will be unbearable grief.
- 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:
- Front of 1 million Marks polychrome German note. Black text; green on right side with oak leaf (symbolizing Weimar Republic) watermark; red fibers on green side of paper. Number: U 03121708. 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
- Notes:
- Pamphlet that describes key events through the beginning of the Nazi movement. Included is Hitler's service in World War I, the expansion of the movement throughout the 1920s, and culminates with the annexation of Austria in 1938. Item viewed as a LUNA BookReader object.
- Date Created:
- 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Election leaflet supporting Ernst Thälmann (KPD) for the 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
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- Front of 10 billion Marks monochrome German note. Text in green ink; background: rows of laurel leaves; border along the edge.
- Date Created:
- 1923-10-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Campaign literature for Adolf Hitler that asks the voter not to split the vote between Hitler and Hindenburg. It argues that by doing so the voter allows Thälmann (KPD) or Duesterberg (DNVP) a chance. Ultimately, the literature supports the voting of Hitler over the incumbent Hindenburg.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
