US Comic Book Propaganda GHDI - Document - Chapter X. Literature, Art, and Music print version Overview | I. Culture, on the other hand, was perceived as very German. If their ancestry and prior politics were unobjectionable, writers, artists, and cultural producers of all sorts had to decide whether to cooperate with, or even promote, the Nazi takeover of German culture. Goebbels made a personal appearance at the student-organized book burning of “un-German” literature on May 10, 1933, in Berlin. (38) For more details, see Alan Steinweis, Art, Ideology, and Economics: The Reich Chambers of Music, Theatre and the Visual Arts (Chapel Hill: North Carolina, 1996). Page 33
The Late Movies: Disney Propaganda Cartoons During World War II, Disney created propaganda for the US government. The cartoons dealt with subjects as varied as income taxes, the daily life of Nazis, and military tactics. I've collected a sampling of the cartoons below, for your viewing pleasure and amazement -- be warned, some are pretty weird, and many contain offensive racial or cultural caricatures. Note that most (all?) of these are included in the DVD box set Disney on the Front Lines, if you're into this kind of thing. I have this set, and the back says: "On December 8, 1941, the Disney Studio was taken over by the military as part of the war effort. Here's a snippet from Wikipedia on Disney's propaganda films: As requested by the US Government, Walt Disney created a number of anti-German and anti-Japanese films for both the soldiers and the US public. The Spirit of '43 (Income Tax) Including an early appearance of Scrooge McDuck, this cartoon shows Donald Duck learning about funding war via the income tax. Der Fuhrer's Face
Operation CLICK | Resource Book The Operation CLICK resource book is provided here in PDF file format in 11 separate downloadable files. Files require the Adobe Reader or other PDF reader to view. Get the free Adobe Reader (link opens in a new window) Introduction to Operation CLICK 10 pages 590KB Topic 1Into battle: Australia goes to war 10 pages 750KB Topic 2Impressions of war: Telling the story 6 pages 490KB Topic 3Anzac: Exploring the legend 10 pages 1.4MB Topic 4Australia under attack: Ringed with menace 10 pages 1.2MB Topic 5On active service: Challenges for survival 6 pages 690KB Topic 6Life on the home front: Supporting the war effort 10 pages 1.0MB Topic 7Getting the message across: Signals, ciphers, catchwords Topic 8What makes a hero? 6 pages 530KB Topic 9 In captivity: Deprivation and endurance 8 pages 1.0MB Topic 10Commemoration: Lest we forget 10 pages 2.8MB
Music Approved of by the Third Reich Under the Nazi regime, all music produced had to fit within certain standards defined as "good" German music. Suppression of specific artists and their works was common, yet musicians were permitted limited artistic freedom. The Nazis attempted to create a balance between censorship and creativity in music to appease the German people. This blend of art and politics led to a three-prong policy regarding musicians and artists: Loyal Nazi members who were talented musicians were guaranteed a job. Loyal Nazi members who were not talented musicians were not guaranteed a job. Any non-Jewish person who demonstrated a "genius" for music and was a member of the Reichsmusikkammer (Reich Music Chamber) was permitted employment. Adolf Hitler (front row on aisle) listens as Wagnerian conductor, Dr.
Dr. Seuss's World War II Political Propaganda Cartoons by Maria Popova “One-tenth of your income must go into War Bonds if you hope to defeat both the Axis and inflation!” Dr. Seuss (1904-1991) may be best-remembered for his irreverent rhymes and the timeless prescriptions for living embedded in them, but he was also a prolific maker of subversive secret art and the auteur of a naughty book for adults. Though his children’s books have already been shown to brim with subtle political propaganda, during WWII, like Walt Disney, Geisel lent his creative talents to far more explicit, adult-focused wartime propaganda when he joined the New York daily newspaper PM as a political cartoonist. We're just going to knock out the unnecessary floors designed by F.D.R., published by PM Magazine on May 18, 1942, Dr. Insure your home against Hitler! In Russia a chap, so we're told, knits an object strange to behold. Spreading the lovely Goebbels stuff, published by PM Magazine on September 18, 1941, Dr. Boss, maybe you'd better hock me and buy more U.S. Me?
Churchill Archive | JCS Online Resources The acclaimed Churchill Archive is now free for the first time to schools worldwide thanks to a $1 million donation from philanthropist Laurence Geller CBE. "All children should understand Sir Winston Churchill’s fundamental place in our nation’s history,” says the Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, "and schools can now seize the opportunity to access the Churchill Archive – a tremendous cache of documents that bring history to life.” Opening up exciting new opportunities for the teaching and learning of History at secondary level, the Churchill Archive - described by History Today as "the real gem of online Churchill resources" - offers cross-searchable online access to over 800,000 original documents. Highlights include: OVER 370 SCHOOLS HAVE REGISTERED FOR FREE ACCESS...HAS YOURS? Click here to find out! To complement use of the complete Churchill Archive in schools, a special new website has just been launched.
Degenerate Art The years 1927-37 were critical for artists in Germany. In 1927, the National Socialist Society for German Culture was formed. The aim of this organization was to halt the "corruption of art" and inform the people about the relationship between race and art. In 1937, Nazi officials purged German museums of works the Party considered to be degenerate. Where do all the women who have watched so carefully over their loved ones get the heroism to send them to face the cannon? Kollwitz believed that art should reflect social conditions in one's time. untitled 400 × 589 - pinterest.com 300 × 452 - primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk 300 × 439 - primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk 437 × 631 - world-war-2-diaries.com 468 × 710 - nationalarchives.gov.uk 306 × 464 - dailymail.co.uk 321 × 465 - pinterest.com 470 × 712 - dailymail.co.uk 310 × 480 - vintageadds.co.uk 294 × 449 - primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk 236 × 350 - pinterest.com 600 × 885 - pinterest.co.uk 736 × 1164 - pinterest.com 356 × 500 - printsplace.co.uk 470 × 703 - dailymail.co.uk 325 × 500 - printsplace.co.uk 310 × 480 - pinterest.com 284 × 428 - pinterest.co.uk 479 × 751 - shahrefarang.com 272 × 413 - primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk 382 × 600 - arts.st-andrews.ac.uk 600 × 967 - pinterest.com 600 × 913 - world-war-2-diaries.com 470 × 691 - dailymail.co.uk 600 × 932 - libraryasincubatorproject.org 497 × 750 - pinterest.com 590 × 1198 - carrotmuseum.co.uk 736 × 978 - pinterest.co.uk 600 × 852 - world-war-2-diaries.com 420 × 314 - culture24.org.uk 1844 × 2880 - onlinegalleries.com 388 × 600 - pinterest.co.uk 1943 × 2880 - pinterest.com
Lebensraum: Policy or Rhetoric? When the Germans talked of Lebensraum, or ‘living space’, they used the term to denote a perceived need to have enough physical room to provide for themselves comfortably. In particular, it identified the possession of enough land to feed a population large enough to ensure Germany a place on the world stage. Hitler did not just start talking about the need to conquer Lebensraum in 1941; its origins lay much further back than even 1939. Anti-Nazi newspaper columnists (for example in Der Deutsche in Polen) observed during the late 1930s that Hitler’s foreign policy involved something more than just planless initiatives, improvisation and contradictory imperatives. The second volume of Mein Kampf, published in December 1926, contained a chapter entitled ‘Eastern Orientation and Eastern Policy’. Where could Hitler’s country expand? Hitler developed the idea in his Second Book, written while he stayed at his mountain retreat on Obersalzberg during the summer of 1928. What was to be done?