Look at the image given below. Based on what you know about this image, what message do you think does the creator of this piece
intend to send across? a Nazi Party poster for the German Reichstag elections in 1932
A propaganda poster with the words,“We women choose List 2 National-Socialists.”
This image is a part of the propaganda to influence people about the Nazi view that the Jews were behind the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. The poster shows a Bolshevik revolutionary murdering people with his bayonet. The Bolshevik revolutionary is depicted as a Jew by adding the Jewish Star of David on his headwear. The poster shows a German soldier in the act of clubbing the Jewish Bolshevik with the butt of his rifle. The word “Death” appears between the soldier and the Jewish Bolshevik. At the bottom of the poster the words “Jewish-Bolshevik plague of murderers” appear. The large bold font and the placement of the word “Death” separately on top of the poster adds to the sentiment of aggression toward the Jewish Bolsheviks that the poster conveys. The poster also uses dark clouds around the Jewish Bolshevik to symbolize that they are evil, whereas the German soldier is surrounded by light to give the impression of good.
PART B
This propaganda poster was aimed to influence the German women. Two young women are seen in the image. Women played a major role in the Nazi Party’s success. Women overwhelmingly supported Hitler, and turned up in huge numbers to listen to his speeches. So, the Nazi propaganda team believed that they should target women who were hoping that the Nazi Party would change the economic fortunes of the country. Women faced many problems in ensuring that they had adequate goods for consumption. Hitler promised them a better future.
