Propaganda Imagery

Published by the German "Ulk" magazine, this cartoon was intended as a critical response to Hitler's 1930 statement that after a seizure of power by National Socialism "heads would roll" in Germany.

Source: Ernst Hanfstaengl, Hitler in der Karikatur der Welt. Tat gegen Tinte (Berlin: Verlag Braune Bücher Carl Rentsch,1933) German Propaganda Archive Calvin College


World War II American anti-Japanese propaganda poster	The Cleveland "Indians" baseball team's "Chief Wahoo" symbol is one of the most widely known "Indian" icons of its type.

This poster was from the circa 1937 Nazi "documentary" propaganda film called "Der Ewige Jude" (The Eternal Jew).	A mascot used (1999) by the South Vigo Public High School in Terre Haute, IN, USA

How to Tell A Jew This picture from the notoriously anti-Semitic children's book, "Der Giftpilz" (The Toadstoad) published by executed Nazi war criminal, Julius Streicher, shows a student "identifying" to his teacher & peers "Jewish charactertistics" such as a nose shaped like a "6." German Propaganda Archive Calvin College	The definitive origins of this image are unknown but it is believed to have been one used at some point by the Cleveland professional baseball team.