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Nazi Propaganda - Photograph

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German children read an anti-Jewish propaganda book titled DER GIFTPILZ ( "The Poisonous Mushroom"). [LCID: 69561] — German children read an anti-Jewish propaganda book for children titled Der Giftpilz (The Poisonous Mushroom). The girl on the left holds a companion volume, the translated title of which is "Trust No Fox." Germany, ca. 1938. (Source record ID: E39 Nr .2381/5)
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Portrait of Leni Riefenstahl. [LCID: 09741] — Portrait of Leni Riefenstahl, taken before 1945.
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This image originates from a film produced by the Reich Propaganda Ministry. [LCID: film09] — This image originates from a film produced by the Reich Propaganda Ministry. It is captioned: "A moral and religious conception of life demands the prevention of hereditarily ill offspring." Nazi propaganda aimed to create public support for the compulsory sterilization effort.
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This image originates from a film produced by the Reich Propaganda Ministry. [LCID: film02] — This image originates from a film produced by the Reich Propaganda Ministry. It shows patients in an unidentified asylum. Their existence is described as "life without hope." The Nazis sought, through propaganda, to develop public sympathy for the Euthanasia Program.
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This photo originates from a film produced by the Reich Propaganda Ministry. [LCID: film01] — This photo originates from a film produced by the Reich Propaganda Ministry. It shows two doctors in a ward in an unidentified asylum. The existence of the patients in the ward is described as "life only as a burden." Such propaganda images were intended to develop public sympathy for the Euthanasia Program.
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The poster is split down the middle. On the left is a man with light skin tone against a white background with a swastika behind him. On the right is an antisemetic characterization of a Jewish man against a dark background with a hammer and sickle. — Nazi propaganda poster warning Germans about the dangers of east European "subhumans." Germany, date uncertain.
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German propaganda photograph of a kindergarten for German infants promotes the nurturing role of women on the home front. [LCID: 87881] — German propaganda photograph of a kindergarten for German infants promotes the nurturing role of women on the home front. Germany, 1941.
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Nazi propaganda photo depicts friendship between an "Aryan" and a black woman. [LCID: 17608] — Nazi propaganda photo depicts friendship between an "Aryan" and a black woman. The caption states: "The result! A loss of racial pride." Germany, prewar.
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Three children of various ages with light skin tone read several pages from a tabloid newspaper that have been displayed along a wall. Off to the left stand a group of three men in dark clothes and traditional Jewish attire. Each man has been given antisemtic features. — Illustration from a German antisemitic children's book titled Trust No Fox in the Green Meadow and No Jew on his Oath (translation from German). The headlines depicted in the image say "Jews are our misfortune" and "How the Jew cheats." Germany, 1936.
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