The promotion of Nazi ideologies in Europe was highly spread through the use of propaganda, an attempt to spread ideas or information, through mass media, that is usually misleading in order to support a cause. Anti-Semitism played an important role in Nazi ideology. Jews were believed to be at fault for many of Germany’s misfortunes such as the loss of the first World War, and this idea and blame was communicated through books, newspapers, and films to numerous civilians including children. Misconceptions about Jew’s religious beliefs and practices, economic status, and appearance were all used against them and these misconceptions were depicted in propaganda and repeatedly displayed to the very vulnerable public. This was extremely successful
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The film was manipulated and adapted for Nazi propaganda purposes, it shows just a portion of the American film, enough to make it seem as if Jews are so greedy with their money they will do whatever it takes to keep it. There is no narrator as the scene from the film is playing nor is there much sound effects so the audience is able to focus on just the conversation between the family and the individuals collecting the taxes. As the scene plays, the parents not only themselves perform actions that make them appear to be poor, such as changing their clothes and hiding their food, but they also instruct their children on how to act and what to say, all in hopes of getting out of paying taxes. The scene then cuts to the father surrounded by his five sons, the light is focused on his face only, and immediately as this scene plays, the music begins. The father advices them to spread out to different countries and become bankers. Again another image of a map is displayed and certain areas are highlighted, and the narrator informs the audience these are areas in which this same tactic, to spread their net of financial influence over the working man, is being used by multiple Jewish families. “Their capital enables them to terrorize world exchanges, world opinion, and world politics” (The
The film was manipulated and adapted for Nazi propaganda purposes, it shows just a portion of the American film, enough to make it seem as if Jews are so greedy with their money they will do whatever it takes to keep it. There is no narrator as the scene from the film is playing nor is there much sound effects so the audience is able to focus on just the conversation between the family and the individuals collecting the taxes. As the scene plays, the parents not only themselves perform actions that make them appear to be poor, such as changing their clothes and hiding their food, but they also instruct their children on how to act and what to say, all in hopes of getting out of paying taxes. The scene then cuts to the father surrounded by his five sons, the light is focused on his face only, and immediately as this scene plays, the music begins. The father advices them to spread out to different countries and become bankers. Again another image of a map is displayed and certain areas are highlighted, and the narrator informs the audience these are areas in which this same tactic, to spread their net of financial influence over the working man, is being used by multiple Jewish families. “Their capital enables them to terrorize world exchanges, world opinion, and world politics” (The