"THE ETERNAL JEW"
This 1940 poster advertises the worst of the Nazi anti-Semitic films, “The Eternal Jew.”
This advertisement features multiple faces of Jewish caricatures. The face that is most exaggerated is located in the center of a red Star of David. The purpose of this piece is to encourage people to not only do and see the documentary, but to reinforce negative Jewish stereotypes. Nazi leaders wanted to make sure that most German citizens believed that Jews were an inferior race. This is important because it would be easier for them to see neighbors or friends shipped off to labor/concentration camps if they were regarded as second-class citizens. Similarly, it may even convince Jewish people, through dehumanization, that they were actually inferior, allowing them to be less resistant in their detainment. Not only did these posters and movies dehumanize Jewish people, they also depicted "regular" German citizens as more pure or even holy. Common anti-Semitic propaganda stereotypes are of Jewish people being, greedy, thieves, untrustworthy, or even Communist, as well as many other.
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This advertisement features multiple faces of Jewish caricatures. The face that is most exaggerated is located in the center of a red Star of David. The purpose of this piece is to encourage people to not only do and see the documentary, but to reinforce negative Jewish stereotypes. Nazi leaders wanted to make sure that most German citizens believed that Jews were an inferior race. This is important because it would be easier for them to see neighbors or friends shipped off to labor/concentration camps if they were regarded as second-class citizens. Similarly, it may even convince Jewish people, through dehumanization, that they were actually inferior, allowing them to be less resistant in their detainment. Not only did these posters and movies dehumanize Jewish people, they also depicted "regular" German citizens as more pure or even holy. Common anti-Semitic propaganda stereotypes are of Jewish people being, greedy, thieves, untrustworthy, or even Communist, as well as many other.
http://www.bytwerk.com/gpa/posters3.htm
http://www.bytwerk.com/gpa/posters/ewiget.jpg