tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89948768699828681382024-02-24T15:45:50.056-05:00German Propaganda ArchiveAdditions, with occasional commentary, to my on-line collection of propaganda from Nazi Germany and the German Democratic RepublicRandall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.comBlogger294125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-44900734858626881202023-11-30T09:16:00.002-05:002023-11-30T09:16:58.507-05:00Rudolf Hess and ComplainersBy mid-1934 Nazism's initial popularity was showing cracks. People complained about unsolved problems and abuses by Nazi party leaders. in June 1934 Rudolf Hess, then next-in-line to Hitler and head of the party chancellery, gave <a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/hess5.htm" target="_blank"><b>a speech to the Gau Essen party rally dealing with complainers</b></a>. He is not happy.Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-45700894800338164662023-08-09T06:55:00.004-04:002023-08-09T06:55:38.572-04:00Goebbels on Victory (March 1942)On the fourth anniversary of Hitler’s takeover of Austria, Goebbels gave a speech in Vienna on “<a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb91.htm">Victory at Any Price</a>.” It was after the first winter of the war with the Soviet Union. Goebbels expresses optimism and congratulates the Viennese on their sacrifices for the Reich.Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-89672811865004238802023-06-29T14:17:00.002-04:002023-06-29T14:17:27.494-04:00Report from Fortress Breslau (March 1945)I’ve added a report of a speech by <a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/hanke1.htm"><i>Gauleiter</i> Karl Hanke</a>, delivered shortly before the Russians reached the city. Hanke provides the usual Nazi themes of resistence whatever the odds. Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-82836429084733403822022-11-01T09:17:00.004-04:002022-11-01T09:17:49.321-04:00Robert Ley Tries to Build Hope (January 1945)Robert Ley was one of the less capable Nazi propagandists. Today I add an article titled <a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/ley5.htm"> “Lippe!,” </a> one of his last articles, dated 18 January 1945. With no good arguments for victory left, he resorts to a standard Nazi argument: since the Nazis had overcome difficulties in the past, they would again in the present.Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-91633452839353953182022-10-28T08:39:00.002-04:002022-10-28T08:39:47.953-04:00Last Speech by Gauleiter Hofer (1945)I have added the <a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/hofer2.htm">last speech by Gauleiter Franz Hofer</a> of Tyrolia and Voralberg, delivered over the radio on 30 April 1945.
A few days later he was captured by the Allies. After a lively legal set of proceedings, he lived a long life as an unrepentant Nazi.Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-73128325172733551432022-09-29T09:53:00.007-04:002022-09-29T10:02:12.865-04:0063 Issues of "Signal" for Sale<i><a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/signal.htm">Signal</a></i> was a glossy illustrated Nazi monthly, printed in over 20 languages.
I have a collection of 63 issues for sale:
<blockquote>1940: 13, 14<br>
1941: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23/24<br>
1942: 1-22<br>
1943; 2-5, 7-24</blockquote>
The conditions range. All are complete, but some have loose pages or covers. Some of the war time paper is crumbly. To my non-expert eye, I'd put their conditions this way:
<blockquote>Poor: 12<br>
Fair: 28<br>
Good: 23</blockquote>
Together, the issues give a remarkable view of German wartime propaganda.
All issues together: $1100, shipping included.<br><br>
If you'd like more information, <a href="mailto:bytw@calvin.edu">drop me an email</a>.Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-54322027166291052392022-07-31T19:27:00.000-04:002022-07-31T19:27:01.049-04:00An East German Textbook’s Explanation of the Berlin WallOn a recent visit to Germany I picked up some East German history textbooks, which make interesting reading. I've posted one textbook’s account of the<a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/geschichte1970.htm"> necessity of the Berlin Wall</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEVKm0Zxut95z9MVyMvzgbTIaffT5vFwS8OZn1cr5HMehzGnm1PZ9T_EsZktvyr9faQtLy2OoQls25lP0_bT2BvG9uA1yhVF1_Eb9bV8V4R86EWryc51FpskQ0KkroK1M8BzAvpAEiZ5J5PWVXcRxhcbb2Dw7bNbYroawmCyMkHwW28_WNeGgw6ay/s640/geschichte10.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEVKm0Zxut95z9MVyMvzgbTIaffT5vFwS8OZn1cr5HMehzGnm1PZ9T_EsZktvyr9faQtLy2OoQls25lP0_bT2BvG9uA1yhVF1_Eb9bV8V4R86EWryc51FpskQ0KkroK1M8BzAvpAEiZ5J5PWVXcRxhcbb2Dw7bNbYroawmCyMkHwW28_WNeGgw6ay/s400/geschichte10.jpg"/></a></div>Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-25733579048403221402022-06-30T09:14:00.002-04:002022-06-30T09:14:29.864-04:00Völkischer Beobachter Front PagesI've gotten a start on a long-term project: Posting the front pages of the <a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/voelkischer-beobachter.htm">Völkischer Beobachter</a>, the Nazi Party’s daily newspaper, for the war years. It is an interesting way to follow the trajectory of the war, beginning with victories in Poland and ending in disaster.
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Since there are 1500 or so issues this will take me a while, but if you check the page occasionally new months will be added.Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-42976845854887436682022-05-23T16:31:00.007-04:002022-05-23T16:48:15.356-04:00The Great Translation Movement and MeI recently learned of the Great Translation Movement, a fascinating project begun shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. An anonymous group is posting translations of Chinese material, approved by government censors, but not intended for international distribution.
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It turns out that according to an article in <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/05/great-translation-movement-china-censorship-firewall/629914/"><i><b>The Atlantic</a></b></i>, my book <i>Bending Spines: The Propagangandas of Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Repupblic,</i> had at least some influence on the originators of the project.
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Can I say that I am delighted, minor though my part in this great project may be?
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For those interested in <i><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Unser_Wille_und_Weg/7fUJAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false">Unser Wille und Weg</a>,</i> issues from 1934 until the final issues in 1941 are available on Google Books. Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-48881505698175759022021-12-09T10:50:00.001-05:002022-05-23T16:49:50.591-04:00The Red Plague (1930)I’ve got a peculiar fondness for Fritz Reinhardt, who appeared in my first published article as the founder of a Nazi correspondence school that trained public speakers. Today I’m adding part of a pamphlet titled <a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/rote-pest.htm">The Red Plague</a>, a 1930 attack on the Social Democrats. I’d started out intending to translate the whole pamphlet, but the economic language is tough going so I'm not doing it all.Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-19065242263611314322021-10-05T22:04:00.001-04:002021-10-05T22:04:24.516-04:00A RequestI began the German Propaganda Archive in 1996, the earliest days of the Internet. It has grown over the years and I haven’t always kept up with the latest developments in HTML coding. For a while the pages were not mobile friendly, which Google punishes by moving pages down in ranking.
Well, I've just completed a major updating of the coding, and chances are good that I missed something in the process.
If you find any pages that don't work, please leave a comment. Also, I always welcome reports of typos or errors. This is a one-person operation. I proofread and spellcheck pages, but things always slip past. Should you see anything that needs correcting, I will again appreciate a comment to that effect.Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-64545063584574613222021-09-14T21:35:00.006-04:002021-09-14T21:36:57.636-04:00A German Cartoon during the BlitzEvery now and then I come across something I don't add to the German Propaganda Archive, but is worth noting. Today it was a cartoon from the <i>Völkischer Beobachter</i> of 8 September, 1940: the height of the Battle of Britain. The Germans were optimistic, having no idea that far worse would descend on them.
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<b><center>New Music above the Parliament of Westminster </center></b>
Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-58900721434088568432021-09-08T11:56:00.002-04:002021-09-08T11:56:36.251-04:00Goebbels is Optimistic (March 1945)I’m interested in the propaganda of the last days of Nazi Germany. What does one say when there is nothing good to say? Today I add parts of a <a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb90.htm">Goebbels speech of 10 March 1945</a>. The Nazis had recaptured the city of Lauban from the Russians, and Goebbels visited the area, giving a speech in the nearby city of Görlitz. His dubious argument was that it proved that the course of the war could still be changed.Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-90422389345520437822021-09-05T20:10:00.002-04:002021-09-05T20:12:14.016-04:00The Big Lie in 1945I have added a rather mediocre article by Helmut Sündermann, a high official in the Nazi Party press department. The title is what attracted by interest: “<a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/suendermann1.htm">The Big Lie</a>.” In this case, Sündermann’s claim is that the Allies are using the “big lie” to falsely accuse Germany of being responsible for the war, when in fact he says it has only fought for its self-preservation. The Allies are the warmongers.
Given the date, 21 January 1945, it is a weak effort. Given that Germany was being driven back on all fronts, it hardly seemed useful to argue that Germany’s cause was just.Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-53891945032723307942021-09-03T13:55:00.001-04:002021-09-03T13:55:16.623-04:00Blacks in Central EuropeOne of the pleasures of my archive is finding out how it is useful to others. Recently, some illustrations from my site were used for an interesting project on<a href="https://blackcentraleurope.com/sources/1914-1945/black-gis-in-german-home-front-propaganda-1943-1944/"> Black Central Europe</a>. The site is worth a look.Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-64536686507045235032021-02-06T10:16:00.002-05:002021-03-01T10:50:56.167-05:00Goebbels’s Penultimate Speech<p> Goebbels delivered his <b><a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb89.htm">penultimate speech</a></b> over the radio on 28 February 1945, which I am adding today. His final speech was on 19 April on the occasion of <b><a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/unser45.htm">Hitler’s birthday</a></b>. </p><p>The military situation was grim. The Soviets were charging in from the east, the Americans and British from the west. Goebbels had no good news to give, as he commented privately in his diaries. He was forced to resort to what Earnest Bramsted called the “lure of historical parallels.” If Frederick the great had done it then, Germany could to it in 1945.</p>Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-74446062904386840872021-01-04T13:17:00.002-05:002021-01-04T13:17:45.676-05:00Last Call to Resist in Vienna (1945)<p> For the last few months of World War II the main theme of Nazi propaganda was that if Germans kept fighting, their loyalty and bravery would be crowned with victory. That began to look thin as time went on. Today I add an <a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/vb3April1945.htm"><b>article dated 3 April 1945</b></a> that suggested without too much confidence that victory was still possible, but the basic theme was that Vienna was a lost cause, so the Viennese may as well die fighting.</p>Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-76207334803193011002020-12-22T09:13:00.000-05:002020-12-22T09:13:13.254-05:00Goebbels on British Propaganda (April 1941)<p> In April 1941 the war was looking good from the Nazi perspective. Goebbels published the article I am adding today that gloated over the <a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb88.htm">failures of British propaganda</a>.</p><p>Goebbels mentions a British Ministry of Information campaign on the theme “How Not to Do It.” I’ve tried to chase down that campaign, with limited success. The MoI did began a campaign in June 1941 with the theme “Mend and make do.” Professor David Welch tells me that one element of that campaign was advice on “How not to do this,” which is close to the theme Goebbels provides. Perhaps information on the campaign was released before it began?</p><p>If anyone has more information I would surely appreciate it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-65866803815727722242020-08-25T21:25:00.001-04:002020-08-25T21:27:17.487-04:00Luther and Hitler 1933<p> I would like to know more about this poster. It was issued in 1933 on the 450th anniversary of Luther’s birth. I do not know anything more than that, and would welcome enlightenment.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZY9Y0p7knYorqJ-bKjC1BZ9jcpu0pZHsgdXQM-K5B670Xq6sCLkkqfxqunxZbkpoXtR5fRhUNMjbdTI0kcMydbKLpNDlFuebpsfbiTwVPByduCHp2vEw8_BM0vOBgnq1uOGL2Puuk7Y/s1460/luther1933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="1052" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZY9Y0p7knYorqJ-bKjC1BZ9jcpu0pZHsgdXQM-K5B670Xq6sCLkkqfxqunxZbkpoXtR5fRhUNMjbdTI0kcMydbKLpNDlFuebpsfbiTwVPByduCHp2vEw8_BM0vOBgnq1uOGL2Puuk7Y/s640/luther1933.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>The translation: “Hitler’s battle and Luther’s teaching are the German people’s sure defense.”</p>Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-89229891859516496522020-05-19T09:26:00.000-04:002020-05-19T13:11:08.506-04:00On Nazi Speaking GuidelinesThe Nazi Party had a large speaker corps. They needed regular instruction on what to say in meetings throughout Germany. There is a fair amount of material on the system on the GPA.<br />
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I am adding some <b><a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/rim6.htm">anti-Semitic instructions from March and April 1943</a></b>.</div>
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That got me to review material on the GPA issued during the anti-Semitic campaigns of spring 1943. There are general campaign guidelines, speaker information, articles by Joseph Goebbels, and directives for magazine editors. Since it might be interesting to compare what was said in various places, here is a list of the material available on the GPA.</div>
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<li><a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/bolshevist.htm">Directives for the Anti-Bolshevist Propaganda Action</a>: 20 February 1943</li>
<li><a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb72.htm">Goebbels’s essay “The European Crisis”</a>: 28 February 1943</li>
<li><a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/bolshevism1943.htm">What Does Bolshevization Mean in Reality</a>?: March 1943</li>
<li><a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/rsi57.htm">Speaker Express Information (“The Jewish Question as a Weapon at Home and Abroad”)</a>: 5 May 1943</li>
<li><a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb37.htm">Goebbels’s essay “The War and the Jews</a>”: 9 May 1943</li>
<li><a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/rsi60.htm">Speaker Express Information (“Twilight of the Jews”)</a>: 18 May 1943</li>
<li><a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/dw-21May43.htm">Anti-Semitic directives for magazine editors</a>: 21 May 1943</li>
<li><a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb83.htm">Goebbels’s essay “Driving Forces</a>”: 6 June 1943</li>
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I don’t know of a complete set of this material. I have most, but all of it. For those who might find it useful, I provide an <a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/rednerinfo.htm"><b>index to my collection</b></a>.</div>
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Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-65661019971038834512020-04-27T11:03:00.002-04:002020-05-06T10:41:27.509-04:00Nazi Propaganda Guidelines in January 1944I’ve had a long interest in the lower levels of the Nazi propaganda system. It had tentacles reaching down to the neighborhood level. These propagandists needed to be instructed. The <i>Reichsring für nationalsozialistische Propaganda und Volksaufklärung</i> was the subsection of the party propaganda office responsible for that. Today I’m adding <b><a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/propagandist1944.htm" target="_blank">the January 1944 newsletter for the lower Danube area</a>.</b><br />
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It discusses Allied bombing, street collections for the party charity, occupational choices for the youth, and more.</div>
Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-48427403414933435342020-04-15T12:44:00.001-04:002020-04-15T12:45:56.501-04:00Nazi Satire about the USA (1943)<div>
In 1943 the Nazi party’s illustrated magazine ran a series of back page cartoons titled “The Latest from God’s Own Country” satirizing the United States. I find them interesting, and may add a page of them one of these days. Meanwhile, here is an example from the <i>Illustrierter Beobachter </i>in March 1943.</div>
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The occasion was a report from the <i>New York Times</i> that Christ Episcopal Church in St. Joseph had turned itself into a nightclub for the youth. At the bar, a gentleman says “He would be happy if we occasionally sang a pious hymn. Let’s do him that favor.” At the bottom, the priest is praying under pictures of FDR and Stalin: “Dear God, give the President and above all Comrade Stalin the strength to clobber the Nazis! And I thank you from the depths of my heart for the great success of our night club! I can protect my sheep from evil and even make a few dollars.” The woman talking to the deacon says: “You know, Deacon, I have nothing against the nighttime activities here —there must be propaganda, I know — but this is the second time I found a bra underneath the pew during morning prayers — that is going a bit too far.”</div>
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Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994876869982868138.post-65763908734165962292020-01-11T08:44:00.000-05:002020-01-11T08:44:13.673-05:00Goebbels on Hitler’s Takeover (1933)Today I’m adding Goebbels’s article “<a href="https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/angrif21.htm" target="_blank">The Miracle</a>” published four days after Hitler’s takeover on 30 January 1933.Randall Bytwerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586984644417180021noreply@blogger.com0