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Analysis of nazi PropagandaA Behavioral StudyKarthik NarayanaswamiHIST E 1572: Holocaust in History, Literature, and FilmHarvard we examine the chronology of events leading up to theHolocaust, it becomes vital to understand the role ofpropaganda in perpetuating a crime of this proportion. To thisend, this paper will analyze the fundamental tenets of Nazipropaganda, and the role that they played in not just thegenocide of Jews, Romani peoples, homosexuals, and otherundesirables, but also in helping turn Germany into anaggressor will look at the calculated methodology adopted by theNazi party under the guidance of both Adolf Hitler and JosephG bbels, and analyze the underlying techniques that were , while the breadth and scope of nazi propagandawere quite exhaustive, and included posters, movies, radio, andthe press.

similar characteristics: {Artifacts 2, 3, 4} While the poster below in Artifact 5 does not necessarily contain a halo, the viewer's attention is first directed at the god-like patriarchal figure on top, and then one discovers a figure resembling Hitler on the bottom left. This triggers an association stimulus, where Hitler is associated with ...

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1 Analysis of nazi PropagandaA Behavioral StudyKarthik NarayanaswamiHIST E 1572: Holocaust in History, Literature, and FilmHarvard we examine the chronology of events leading up to theHolocaust, it becomes vital to understand the role ofpropaganda in perpetuating a crime of this proportion. To thisend, this paper will analyze the fundamental tenets of Nazipropaganda, and the role that they played in not just thegenocide of Jews, Romani peoples, homosexuals, and otherundesirables, but also in helping turn Germany into anaggressor will look at the calculated methodology adopted by theNazi party under the guidance of both Adolf Hitler and JosephG bbels, and analyze the underlying techniques that were , while the breadth and scope of nazi propagandawere quite exhaustive, and included posters, movies, radio, andthe press.

2 This paper will focus on the primary method ofrallying the German people the creative use of posters toserve malignant ends. These posters will be analyzed through abehavioral lens to understand and identify key cognitive andpsychological drivers that went into creating them, and the rolethat they played in instigating social and other cognitive biasesin the German population. This Analysis will primarily bevisual in nature, and will look for behavioral cues that triggerbias , this paper will provide an overview of the criticalset of behavioral manipulations and provide a framework tohelp identify attempts at such Propaganda wherever they mayappear.

3 Furthermore, this paper will also provide a list ofelements for the "ideal" nazi poster, with key elementsborrowed from the various other to Cognitive BiasesCognitive Biases are situational instances of deviation injudgment, usually stemming from a biases are triggered for a variety of reasons, and theirorigins can be traced to evolved mental behavior to cope withnew situations and make quick decisions. However, they canalso be manipulated by providing an artificial stimulus seekingto induce certain responses in the target population. We will beanalyzing nazi Propaganda with this lens, in order to betterunderstand how they were able to manipulate an entire of Cognitive BiasesWhile there are several sources of cognitive biases, in thispaper, we are interested in three broad categories of biases,namely [1] Social & Attributional Biases: These are biases thataffect our social perception and the means throughwhich we determine who or what was responsible for aparticular action or situation.

4 Memory Biases:These are biases that can eitherenhance or impair the recollection of a memory, eithernear-term or long-term. Decision-Making Biases: These are biases that impairour ability to make rational decisions despite evidenceto the contrary. This includes biases in probability andbelief that impact will see how stimuli corresponding to specific biaseswithin each of these categories can be clearly seen in Nazipropaganda, and the specific role that these biases were meantto play. A detailed list of the biases referred to in the paper isalso included in the OFNAZIPROPAGANDAThe historical origins of nazi Propaganda can be tracedback to Adolf Hitler'sMein Kampf, where he devoted twochapters analyzing the importance of Propaganda and itspractice.

5 [2] WhileMein Kampfitself was a work ofpropaganda, Hitler talked about the aims of a propagandist inindoctrinating a population and the importance of ensuring thecontinued propagation of the Propaganda :"The first duty of the propagandist is to win over peoplewho can subsequently be taken into the organization. And thefirst duty of the organization is to select and train men who willbe capable of carrying on the Propaganda . The second duty ofthe organization is to disrupt the existing order of things andthus make room for the penetration of the new teaching whichit represents, while the duty of the organizer must be to fightfor the purpose of securing power, so that the doctrine mayfinally triumph.

6 "Indeed, Hitler's choice of the nazi party's flag used the red,white, and black theme of the flag of Imperial there are several instances that highlight theimportance the Nazis placed on Propaganda , none is morepertinent than the founding ofReichsministerium f rVolksaufkl rung und Propaganda or the Reich Ministry forPublic Enlightenment and Propaganda , known by its Germaninitials as the RMVP. [3] Under the direction of the RMVP, theNazi party found it effective to translate their ideologicalnotions into narrative events which always depicted anoversimplified Good vs.

7 Evil outlook parlayed over Us scenarios, easily accessible and understood by after Hitler was appointed as the Chancellor ofGermany on January 30, 1933, the Nazis kick-started thesystematic destruction of free press, beginning with theexpulsion of anyone who did not tout the party-line fromjournalistic was accomplished through acombination of force, political arrests, and exile. For the nextfew months, several newspapers were either consolidated orshut-down in the name of nationalism. On October 4, 1933,the Reich Press Chief Otto Dietrich helped formulate and passthe Editorial Control Law, which placed all remaining pressunder government control, and banned any "non-Aryan"undesirable from participating in journalistic activities.

8 [3]It is vital to understand the importance of Otto Dietrich'spolicies in facilitating the nazi regime's genocidal andaggressor activities, an importance that was succinctly capturedin Dietrich's court judgment during the Ministries Trial inNuremberg in 1949, where he was convicted on charges of warcrimes and crimes against humanity:"..The [ Propaganda ] campaign's only rationale was toblunt the sensibilities of the people regarding the campaign ofpersecution and murder which was being carried out. Thesepress and periodical directives were not mere politicalpolemics, they were not aimless expression of anti-Semitism,and they were not designed only to united the German peoplein the war [The directives ] clear and expressed purpose was toenrage Germans against the Jews, to justify the measures takenand to be taken against them, and to subdue any doubts whichmay arise as to the justice of measures of racial persecution towhich Jews were being subjected.

9 " [4]By exploiting existing stereotypes and the sentiments of theGerman people, nazi Propaganda sought to target those whomit considered either an enemy or unworthy of being a citizen Jews, Gypsies (Roma and Sinti), homosexuals, communistsand other political dissidents, and those Germans who wereviewed as inferior and detrimental to creating a strongGermany (such as people with mental or physical disabilities).In addition, these themes were also used in the arguments forLebensraum, or living space, for Germany's expansionist plansto help create a bigger, stronger the political and economic climate in Germany at thetime, combined with the humiliation and unfairness of theTreaty of Versailles, the German population was ripe for suchpropaganda.

10 Therefore, the nazi Propaganda machine soughtto fulfill the stated goals of the party [5], and focused onhyperboles of a few favorite themes: [6] Humiliation of Germany and the unfairness of theVersailles Treaty The weakness of Weimar parliamentary republic The evil of world Jewry, Bolshevism, and Capitalismcontrasted against the patriotic nazi GermanWhile these were the dominant themes, the Propaganda initself had a 3-fold focus: Deification of Hitler ( as a messianic figure to befollowed) Defining the enemy and justifying their treatment ( and Bolsheviks) Rallying the masses ( for war and eugenics)


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