Question

Explain why Nazi propaganda was effective in creating a hatred for Jews.

Answer 1

Answer:

ACT OF PROPAGANDA

Explanation:

Propaganda is a specific type of message directly aimed at influencing the

opinion of people through the use of posters, films, speeches etc. The Nazi

regime used language and media with care and often to great effect. They

used films, pictures, radio, posters, etc. to spread hatred for the Jews.

(i) Once in power, the Nazis quickly began to implement their dream

of creating an exclusive racial community of pure Germans by

physically eliminating all those who were seen as “undesirable”.

(ii) Jews remained the worst sufferers in Nazi Germany. They were

stereotyped as ‘killers of Christ and usurers’. Until medieval times,

Jews were barred from owning land.

(iii) They survived mainly through trade and moneylending/ They lived in

separately marked areas called ‘ghettos’. They were often persecuted

through periodic organised violence and expulsion from land.

(iv) All this had a precursor in the traditional Christian hostility towards

Jews for being the killers of Christ. However, Hitler’s hatred of the

Jews was based on pseudo-scientific theories of race, which held

that conversion was no solution to ‘the Jewish problem’. It could

be solved only through their total elimination.

Answer 2

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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’.

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