People who disseminate information through media are in possession of one of the most influential tools in society. Popular cartoonists fall under this category, as they can project their biased and personal perspectives on reality. “What political cartoonists portray may be an imaginary situation in allegory or a figure greatly distorted by caricature, but to the artists this is the essence of what is actually happening” (Charles Press, The Political Cartoon) Many cartoonists truly believe that their “distortion” of reality captures the reality everyone else is experiencing. Therefore, images circulated in society have the potential to convey opinions and stereotypes. Cartoonists have the ability to deliver messages about situations, groups
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This group of Others with different views, backgrounds, and cultures, was largely comprised of the Jews. In his Reichstag Speech of 1939, Hitler promised the “annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe,” highlighting how, in his perspective, the Jewish Others were not only insignificant, but also a severe problem that needed to be eradicated. He expresses that his hopeful actions were for the sake of the “management and care of the German culture,” because the Jews to him were “apostles of culture”. The Nazi media was relentless in framing them as a dire threat to Hitler’s master race. In particular, cartoons played a large role in framing the Jews as …show more content…
Bytwerk analyzes the propaganda of Julius Streicher and the popularity of his publication in his book Juilius Streicher. As he explains, the initial venture of Der Sturmer’s first issue in 1923, grew to around 2,000,000 print runs in circulation by 1934 (Bytwerk, 58). The rapid growth of Der Sturmer, its “extensive national advertising,” and its easy accessibility highlight how much of an impact this newspaper had on the masses, even so much to the point that Hitler anticipated reading each issue (Bytwerk, 58). Bytwerk delineates Streicher’s main objectives in the newspaper as “making clear the danger of Jewry” and highlighting the “importance of a solution to the Jewish problem” (Bytwerk, 59). He shows how Streicher’s Der Sturmer cartoons focused on the separation of the Other based on “genetic makeup” and race (Bytwerk, 66). Streicher was responsible for distributing negative images of the Jews in the cartoons and even editing the pictures of the Jews to make them uglier and more unpleasant. The conspicuously exaggerated differences of the Jew in cartoons ingrained a quick identification of the
This group of Others with different views, backgrounds, and cultures, was largely comprised of the Jews. In his Reichstag Speech of 1939, Hitler promised the “annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe,” highlighting how, in his perspective, the Jewish Others were not only insignificant, but also a severe problem that needed to be eradicated. He expresses that his hopeful actions were for the sake of the “management and care of the German culture,” because the Jews to him were “apostles of culture”. The Nazi media was relentless in framing them as a dire threat to Hitler’s master race. In particular, cartoons played a large role in framing the Jews as …show more content…
Bytwerk analyzes the propaganda of Julius Streicher and the popularity of his publication in his book Juilius Streicher. As he explains, the initial venture of Der Sturmer’s first issue in 1923, grew to around 2,000,000 print runs in circulation by 1934 (Bytwerk, 58). The rapid growth of Der Sturmer, its “extensive national advertising,” and its easy accessibility highlight how much of an impact this newspaper had on the masses, even so much to the point that Hitler anticipated reading each issue (Bytwerk, 58). Bytwerk delineates Streicher’s main objectives in the newspaper as “making clear the danger of Jewry” and highlighting the “importance of a solution to the Jewish problem” (Bytwerk, 59). He shows how Streicher’s Der Sturmer cartoons focused on the separation of the Other based on “genetic makeup” and race (Bytwerk, 66). Streicher was responsible for distributing negative images of the Jews in the cartoons and even editing the pictures of the Jews to make them uglier and more unpleasant. The conspicuously exaggerated differences of the Jew in cartoons ingrained a quick identification of the