Explain why Nazi propaganda was affective in creating a hatred for Jews. Mention any four points.
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The Nazi propaganda was effective in creating a hatred for Jews due to the following reasons:
1. The Nazis held Jews responsible for all their problems. In the middle of economic instability , the non Jewish German started viewing Jews as their enemies. The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 deprived use of the German citizenship and banned them from Marrying non Jews . Many Jews were forced to live in the ghettos or wear a yellow star for identification.
2. In 1938 the Nazi workers attacked Jewish property and synagogues all over the country. Some 30,000 Jews were arrested . It was the beginning of a full-scale massacre of Jews in Germany. Over the following 7 years about 6 million Jews were sent to concentration camps.
3. The Nazis used all forms of media like pamphlets, posters and images to popularise your ideas. The Enemies of the Nazi state were stereotyped as harmful and degenerate. Films were made to deliberately spread hatred and resentment towards the Jewish population.
4. Hitler utilise the old notions of racial differences in order to disseminate his thoughts. The anti Jewish sentiment were intensified by establishing the racial superiority of the Germans. The anti Jewish thrived on the myth of purity of Aryan races which put the black gypsies and Juice at the bottom of the racial order.
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The Nazis were quite effective in using propaganda to great effect. They made propaganda films to fan hatred for Jews with the most infamous being The Eternal Jew. Orthodox Jews were stereotyped and marked. They were shown with flowing beards, wearing kaftans and were referred to as rats and vermins who fed off from good Germans.
Jews were also blamed for Germany’s defeat in World War I, despite the fact that a large number of them served with distinction in the conflict. The propaganda by the Nazis effectively worked on the minds of the people, making use of the centuries of anti-semitic feelings and tapping their emotions. This turned their hatred and anger at those who were blamed for all of Germany’s past and present ills. And the Nazis would be the remedy for these ‘ills’.