Positive Propoganda

Positive propaganda was propaganda that promoted the Nazi party, rather than putting down Communists and Jews. Here are some examples of positive propaganda:

The Aryan Family Stereotype

In order to create this 'master race' that Adolf Hitler was striving to achieve, they needed to correctly advertise what an Aryan should look like. To be an Aryan, it was almost a neccesity to posses these qualities:

• Blonde-haired
• Blue-eyed
• Tall and statuesque
• Smooth skin
• Mainly, a classic 'model-like' look

Also, to continue the great feeling of excitement that went through anybody who even came in contact with the Nazi party, Hitler insisted upon whoever he passed to "heil" to him. You can sense the excitement and the 'greatness' of Hitler in this picture.

If you don't know this, it's Hitler walking out from the (armymen?) who are heiling him.

This was used to induce excitement throughout the people -- many had a need to blame everything on somebody, and that 'somebody' was the Jews. During marches, people would heil as a greeting and throughout the Hitler - dominated days they would continue to look up to and respect Hitler for the greeting that constantly reminded them of him.

Also, Hitler's book Mein Kamf, or My Stuggle was published as an extreme form of propoganda. It was the book that outlined Hitler's plans to eliminate all 'subhumans' and replace all of them with Aryan men and women.

Mein Kampf

Mein Kampf replaced the Bible in all churches throughout Germany. For a full copy of his book, click here.

The Amazon.com editorial review of this book said that it was "The angry ranting of an obscure, small-party politician," and was "was virtually ignored when it was originally published in 1925." The sales of the book skyrocketed in 1933 when Adolph Hitler came to power. Also from Amazon, it is a poorly written book - "Beyond the anger, hatred, bigotry, and self-aggrandizing, Mein Kampf is saddled with tortured prose, meandering narrative, and tangled metaphors (one person was described as 'a thorn in the eyes of venal officials')" But this is the future after most people have learned from the holocaust. Back when it was first published, it seemed to be a perfectly natural, wonderful book.