Nazi Propaganda In Captain America

Captain America was written in 1940 though Steve Rogers was born in 1920. The comic was written by two Jews, and their religion is crucial for this study because it changes their approach of propaganda. In 1924, Mein Kampf written by Adolf Hitler is published and spreads racist and anti-Semite ideas, it was the very first time propaganda was used for such a purpose and it proved to be very effective. Indeed, propaganda helped the Nazi party maintain their power and communicate their policies through art, music, theater, films, radio, educational materials, books and the press. Once in power in 1933, the Nazi Party manipulated the media to normalize discrimination against Jews, Romani, homosexuals, Bolsheviks and what they called degenerate art, but also encouraged passivity against the different measures they took. It was also used to cover up the atrocities and mass murder in the concentration …show more content…
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