Propaganda
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Nowadays, it is easy to blame social media for the widespread distribution of fake news through memes and other formats. However, this phenomenon is far from new. About 100 years ago, propaganda postcards and cartoons served the same purpose (after all, a meme is essentially a digital version of a propaganda or satirical postcard or…
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The one thing that always intrigued me and puzzled me is how did the Nazis get to hate the Jews en mass. After all, the Jews were neighbours and citizens, They never initiated a war against Germany, nor did they conduct any violent acts against the state. And yet Hitler and his cohorts created this…
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During the Second World War, the battle for the Atlantic was fought not only with torpedoes, depth charges, and convoy tactics, but also with microphones, turntables, and carefully scripted lies. One of the most sophisticated weapons in Britain’s psychological warfare arsenal was a clandestine radio station with an impressively official-sounding name: Deutscher Kurzwellensender Atlantik (“German…
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Something that always fascinated me (for lack of a better word) about Hitler was the double standards he applied. As the leader of his country, he always portrayed himself as someone with principles. However, he broke those principles—time and time again. Hitler hated smoking and had been a smoker himself but had stopped at a…
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Throughout history warning signs have been ignored over and over again. It is very important to keep history alive but it is even more important to learn from it, alas that is the one thing that is often forgotten. People often think that the warning signs of the Nazi regime were only there since 1933,others…
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Dated 16 September 1919, the ‘Gemlich letter’ is the first known written statement of Hitler’s Antisemitism. It a letter written by Adolf Hitler at the behest of Karl Mayr to Adolf Gemlich, a German army soldier. The letter, written in 1919 in response to a request for clarification on the Jewish question. (Karl Mayr in uniform…
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The date 11 November has a good number of special meanings. For example, the Armistice of World War I was signed on the 11th day of the 11th month on the 11th hour. Add 11 after the 11th hour, and you have a different meaning. I do not know the exact origin—however, the date 11/11…
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Heinrich Hoffmann was a Nazi politician but also was Adolf Hitler’s official photographer.He was also part of the Nazi propaganda machine. The one thing that always intrigued me is why did a man who was so close to Hitler mot see what freak he was dealing with. He must have seen that the man was clearly…
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On August 16 ,1933 Hermann Göring announced he would put an end to the unbearable torture and suffering in animal experiments. He also threatened that he would commit to concentration camps those who still thought they could continue to treat animals as inanimate property. He decried the “cruel”experiments of unfeeling scientists whose animals were operated…
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The Nazis knew how to use the radio in a very effective way to relay their message of hate. It was the perfect tool for propaganda. The Volksempfänger ( “people’s receiver”) was a range of radio receivers developed by engineer Otto Griessing at the request of Joseph Goebbels, the Reich Minister of Propaganda of the…
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