The holocaust was genocide like no other. It was the industrialization of murder, where six million Jews were systematically wiped out by the Nazi regime. It was the dehumanization of human beings, with Jews being told, “You have no right to live”. It was carried out not within utter secrecy, but with the indifference or support of the German people.
The loss of World War I, Versailles, pre-existing anti-Semitism, were the malignant growths and the final cadences of the prelude. This made the German people ripe for Nazi propaganda. The goal of which is best summarized by the Nuremberg Military Tribunal, “(The Nazi’s) clear and expressed purpose was to enrage Germans against the Jews, to justify the measures taken and to be taken against …show more content…
These affect our social perception and the channels through which we govern who, or what was responsible for a certain situation or action. Upon analysis, two contrasting portrayals exist of Jews in propaganda posters. They were either sleazy, degenerate, foul rats; or greedy, fat, obnoxious people who side with the enemy. Said portrayal was chosen because of the selection bias it triggered, with other biases subsequently following in cascading effect. It is in human nature to pay more attention to negative images, with which the Jews were continually portrayed. This in combination with the narrative of “Aryan” superiority, created a superiority bias. Likewise a self-service behavioral confirmation Bias (the inclination to claim more responsibility for success than failure) was formed. This attributed the success of Germany to “Aryan’s”, and its failures to the Jews. In the first poster, we can see the negativity and superiority biases (see figure 1). The caption says “Victory or Bolshevism” with a utopic “Aryan” family on the left, and a contrasting Jew on the right. The latter has a menacing look, with a dirty face, and people are dying of plague under him. We can see negativity bias is immediately elicited by the traits of the Jewish side. Superiority bias is also enabled by the superiority of the “Aryan”
The loss of World War I, Versailles, pre-existing anti-Semitism, were the malignant growths and the final cadences of the prelude. This made the German people ripe for Nazi propaganda. The goal of which is best summarized by the Nuremberg Military Tribunal, “(The Nazi’s) clear and expressed purpose was to enrage Germans against the Jews, to justify the measures taken and to be taken against …show more content…
These affect our social perception and the channels through which we govern who, or what was responsible for a certain situation or action. Upon analysis, two contrasting portrayals exist of Jews in propaganda posters. They were either sleazy, degenerate, foul rats; or greedy, fat, obnoxious people who side with the enemy. Said portrayal was chosen because of the selection bias it triggered, with other biases subsequently following in cascading effect. It is in human nature to pay more attention to negative images, with which the Jews were continually portrayed. This in combination with the narrative of “Aryan” superiority, created a superiority bias. Likewise a self-service behavioral confirmation Bias (the inclination to claim more responsibility for success than failure) was formed. This attributed the success of Germany to “Aryan’s”, and its failures to the Jews. In the first poster, we can see the negativity and superiority biases (see figure 1). The caption says “Victory or Bolshevism” with a utopic “Aryan” family on the left, and a contrasting Jew on the right. The latter has a menacing look, with a dirty face, and people are dying of plague under him. We can see negativity bias is immediately elicited by the traits of the Jewish side. Superiority bias is also enabled by the superiority of the “Aryan”