World War II Propaganda Collections
424 items
- Notes:
- Back of 10 Francs polychrome French bill, depicting female farmer with baby.
- Date Created:
- 1942-11-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 20 Marks polychrome German note. Red color tone; on the right side of the bill is an image of a man wearing a winged helmet (Mercury), on the left side is a woman wearing a helmet with three leaves (Minerva); underneath the date are signatures; the eagles in the seals of the "Reichsmarkverwaltung" are wearing crowns, signifying Imperial Germany.
- Date Created:
- 1918-02-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Election leaflet supporting Adolf Hitler for the 1932 Reichspresident election. The leaflet explains the failures of current Reichspresident Paul von Hindenburg since his election to office seven years earlier in 1925 and promises to fulfill the hopes of these voters with the new election of Hitler. Voting Hitler ensures freedom, bread, and a fighting spirit against all enemies of German nationalism.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Brown background with dark blue text; lighter blue borders; watermark; Berliner bear.
- Date Created:
- 1921-09-09T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Notes:
- Back of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Print image of an old soldier in uniform with a peg leg and playing music from a music box for money; to the left of the image: "Soll es so wieder sein?"; to the right of the image: "Nein!"
- Date Created:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 1 million Marks polychrome German note. Black ink on white paper; embedded fibers on right; 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
- Notes:
- 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.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 50 million Marks polychrome German note. White background with black and purple text, numbers, and coat of arms; "Fünfzig Millionen Mark zahlt die Stadtpflege dem Einlieferer gegen diesen Gutschein."
- Date Created:
- 1923-09-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 1 Mark polychrome German note. Some text, numbers, and borders are in red ink; text: "Gültig bis einen Monat nach Aufruf." Between two columns of text is an image of marching soldiers; creating a border around the image is text: "Die Waffenstreckung der französisch. Besatzung Glogaus und die übergabe an die Preussen und Russen am 17. April 1814."
- Date Created:
- 1920-12-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
