World War II Propaganda Collections
424 items
- Notes:
- Back of 5 Marks polychrome German note. Shades of blue; a dragon with smoke coming from its open mouth guarding a treasure; a bird sitting above the exhausted dragon; warning against falsification (punishment: no less than 2 years imprisonment)
- Date Created:
- 1904-10-31T00:00:00Z
- 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, "Ich bin ein Jüd!! (I am a Jew!!)" Black and white photograph. Handwritten on back of picture: Vor Leningrad Sept. '41, Russ. Gefangener; Ich bin ein Jüd!! Stamped: Hugo Pfeiffer
- Date Created:
- 1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 500 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:
- 1923-07-25T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- A special supplemental provided by Der Zeitschrift that provides color images of the various aspects of the uniforms that members of the German Luftwaffee wore. Amongst them are arms colors, insignias, medals, letters on epaulets, and badges for special service positions.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 50 Francs polychrome French bill, with image of French merchant and adviser of King Charles VII, Jacques Cœur. His house in Bourges, France, is in the background. French inscription at bottom translates as, "Nothing is impossible with a valiant heart."
- Date Created:
- 1941-04-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- 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
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- Election leaflet supporting Adolf Hitler for election in the 1932 Reichspresident election. It attacks the SPD and the KPD for accusing Hitler of being the political whip of social reaction, and blames the problems of the Weimar Republic on their leadership. It includes Hitler's motto, "For freedom, work and bread." A large portion of Hitler's speech from April 7, 1932 is included.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections