German propaganda leaflet for African American soldiers
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German propaganda leaflet for African American soldiers

German propaganda leaflet targeting African American servicemen, November 1944. The leaflets falsely suggested that African Americans would receive better treatment by the German military and encouraged them to surrender to German troops.

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African Americans racism propaganda
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Gift of Carter Boehm
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