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Title: Rise of National Socialism, Nazi Propaganda and the Nazi Party, 1933-1945

Predominant Dates:1920s -- 1942

ID: RG-05/RG-05

Primary Creator: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei

Other Creators: Bettger, Lyle S., Nazi Party

Extent: 0.0

Arrangement:

The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by subject/creator, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.

Record group is comprised of seven collections: 1. Collection of Nazi propaganda books and essays; 2. Collection of prewar official documents; 3. Collection of communications; 4. Collection of Nazi artifacts; 5. Collection of Nazi and U.S. propaganda films; 6. Collection of Nazi photographs and postcards; 7. Lyle S. Bettger collection.

Subjects: Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President, Anti-Jewish atrocities in Nazi Germany, 1933 -- 1939, Anti-Jewish atrocities in Nazi Germany, 1933 -- 1939, photographs, Antisemitic caricatures, German, Antisemitic publications, German, Antisemitism in Germany, Antisemitism in Germany, photo-documents, 1920s-- 1945, Correspondence between Nazi-German agencies, Documents in German language, Germany (1933 -- 1939), Interwar Germany (1919 -- 1939), Leadership of the NSDAP, Narratives in German language, National Socialism, theory and regime, National Socialist German Workers' Party, National Socialist movement, Germany and Austria, National Socialist Propaganda, Nazi anti-Jewish measures and legislations, Nazi anti-Jewish propaganda, Nazi German security agencies, SA, 1938, Nazi Germany, army, individual identification documents, 1933 -- 1945, Nazi Germany, public and sports organizations, 1933 -- 1945, Nazi Germany, public and sports organizations, artifacts, 1933 -- 1945, NSDAP (Nazi Party) symbols and decorations, Photo-documents, Nazi Germany, 1933 -- 1945, Photo-documents, Weimar Republic, 1919 -- 1939, Wannsee Conference, Weimar Republic, 1919 -- 1933, Weimar Republic, German police, Weimir Republic, police forces

Languages: German, English

Abstract

Largely, the documents and artifacts of this record groups reflect the rise of National Socialism in Germany before and after 1933. Collectively these collections relate to the National Socialism as extreme nationalism and provide historical context for unerstanding the nature of Nazi Germany in post-Weimar period.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This record group contains prewar and wartime Nazi propaganda materials. These records illustrate the various facets of Nazi propaganda over the period when the Nazi movement was rising to power and at a period when the National Socialist Party had become the only ruling and leading force in Germany. Nazi propagandistic materials differ by content and form. For example, there are documents and artifacts of extremely nationalistic and pro-German character. The other group of documents comprises of anti-Semitic and anti-Allied materials related to the wartime period.

The record group and its collections comprise of leaflets, booklets, postcards, Nazi Part publications, and other Nazi ideological materials. The postcards and publications are authentic, and the photographs are prints from the originals. Materials are digitized.

Collection Historical Note

The materials comprised in these collections introduce the theory and mundane experience of National Socialism as it was seen by its ideologist and by ordinary Germans

Subject/Index Terms

Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President
Anti-Jewish atrocities in Nazi Germany, 1933 -- 1939
Anti-Jewish atrocities in Nazi Germany, 1933 -- 1939, photographs
Antisemitic caricatures, German
Antisemitic publications, German
Antisemitism in Germany
Antisemitism in Germany, photo-documents, 1920s-- 1945
Correspondence between Nazi-German agencies
Documents in German language
Germany (1933 -- 1939)
Interwar Germany (1919 -- 1939)
Leadership of the NSDAP
Narratives in German language
National Socialism, theory and regime
National Socialist German Workers' Party
National Socialist movement, Germany and Austria
National Socialist Propaganda
Nazi anti-Jewish measures and legislations
Nazi anti-Jewish propaganda
Nazi German security agencies, SA, 1938
Nazi Germany, army, individual identification documents, 1933 -- 1945
Nazi Germany, public and sports organizations, 1933 -- 1945
Nazi Germany, public and sports organizations, artifacts, 1933 -- 1945
NSDAP (Nazi Party) symbols and decorations
Photo-documents, Nazi Germany, 1933 -- 1945
Photo-documents, Weimar Republic, 1919 -- 1939
Wannsee Conference
Weimar Republic, 1919 -- 1933
Weimar Republic, German police
Weimir Republic, police forces

Administrative Information

Repository: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Access Restrictions: No restrictions

Use Restrictions:

Copyrighted materials, credits to and references to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust are required

Digital copies might be available upon request

Preferred Citation: RG-05, Nazi Propaganda and the Nazi Party. Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Archive.

Processing Information: Materials are primarily described using the local descriptive standards of the LA Museum of the Holocaust.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Sub-Collection:

[Sub-Collection 1: RG-05.01, Publications, Albums and Essays, 1922 -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 2: RG-05.02, National Socialism, official Documents, 1920s -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 3: RG-05.03, Communications between Nazi Party's agencies, 1920s -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 4: RG-05.04, Nazi Artifacts, 1933 -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 5: RG-05.05, Documentary films about National Socialism from the USHMM Archive, 1933 -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 6: RG-05.06, Postcards and photographs, the period of National Socialist regime, 1933 --1945],
[Sub-Collection 7: RG-05.07, Lyle S. Bettger Collection, posters, 1934],
[All]

Sub-Collection 1: RG-05.01, Publications, Albums and Essays, 1922 -- 1945

This Collection includes the works of Nazi theorists with regard to the ideology of German National Socialism

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Ideology; National Socialist Propaganda; Theory of National Socialism; German Armed Forces, Wehrmacht; German invasion of the USSR, 22 June 1941; Goebbels, Josef; Nazi party rallies, Nuernberg, 1933; Antisemitism; Nazi anti-Jewish propaganda; Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President; Photo-documents, Nazi Germany, 1933 -- 1945; Germany (1933 -- 1945); Narratives in German language; Documents in German language

Creators:: NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-05.01.01, Hitler glorification booklets, 1933-1945

Collection of five booklets glorifying Hitler as a military and political leader. Each cover has a picture of Hitler with the title "Der Fuerher" and a short phrase below the picture. The text is in German.

1) “The Fuehrer’s Battle in the East” propaganda book (1.5’’x 2”). Pictures and descriptions of the first two weeks of September 1939

2) “The Fuehrer and his Home” propaganda book (1.5” x 2”). Pictures of when Hitler arrived in Austria in 1938

3) “The Fuehrer and the Youth” propaganda book (1.5” x 2”). Pictures of Hitler and children throughout Germany

4) “The Fuehrer and Mussolini” propaganda book (1.5” x 2”). Pictures of Hitler and Mussolini in both Germany and Italy, praising their cooperation

5) “The Fuehrer’s Battle in France” propaganda book. Pictures and text about Germany’s invasion of France from June 5^th-25^th, 1940

Subject/Index Terms:: Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President; National Socialist Propaganda; Antisemitism; German Armed Forces, Wehrmacht; National Socialist Ideology; Theory of National Socialism; NSDAP and Nazi Germany, party and government officials; Glorification booklets of Hitler; Hitler in Homeland, a booklet; Campaign in the East, Booklet, Hitler; French Campaign, a booklet, Hitler; Hitler and Mussolini, a booklet; Hitler with young people, a booklet; The fuehrer, a booklet, Hitler

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-05.01.02, Adolf Hitler Photo Book, 1936

An Adolf Hitler photo book titled Bilder Aus Dem Leben Des Furhers. The book includes many photographs of Hitler in several aspects of his life, especially conducting his duties as the head of Germany. There is also a fair amount of text explaining the photographs. The text is in German. The book was published in 1936.

Subject/Index Terms:: Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President; National Socialist Propaganda; German Armed Forces, Wehrmacht; Album of the Fuehrer, Adolf Hitler, Hamburgh, 1936; Nazi Anti-Semitic Propaganda; Nazi anti-Jewish propaganda; Adolf Hitler, photodocuments, photobook, 1935; Nazi party agenda, album of the fuehrer, 1935; Adolf Hitler, national socialist propaganda, 1935

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-05.01.02.01, Adolf Hitler photo-book captions translation sheet

The English translations of the captions in the Adolf Hitler Photo Book.

Subject/Index Terms:: Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President; National Socialist Propaganda

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-05.01.02.02, Adolf Hitler Photo Book, 1936

This is an additional copy of the Adolf Hitler Photo book, in better condition.

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-05.01.03, Jews in the USA, with translated captions, 1941

A German publication titled Die Juden in USA. The publication includes over 100 deceiving antisemitic photographs with captions in German. It was written by Hans Diebow and published by Zentralverlag der NSDAP (Central Publishing of the NSDAP in Berlin, 1941. This book presents pictures of various prominent Americans of Jewish ancestry, often in embarrassing or unfavorable poses. Accompanying the pictures are captions which clearly display an anti-semitic bias. The author alludes frequently to Jewish stereotypes prominent in Germany at the time of publishing, such as gluttony, excessive wealth, and a fondness of non-Jewish women. A frequent target of the disparaging captions is New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, who is often shown eating or talking with other prominent US politicians, including President Roosevelt. These pictures, along with several comments made at the end of the book, are intended to suggest the existence of a Jewish, Bolshevik conspiracy whose goal is to appropriate all positions of power in the US.

Subject/Index Terms:: Antisemitism; Nazi anti-Jewish propaganda; National Socialist Propaganda; Jews in the USA, Dr. Hans Diebow, compiler, 1941; Anti Jewish American propaganda, Jews in the USA publication, 1941; Propaganda against Jewish Americans, 1941; Anti Jewish American propaganda; Anti-Jewish propaganda, German; Nazi Anti-Semitic Propaganda; The mayor of NYC, photodocument, Jews in the USA, 1941

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945); Dr. Hans Diebow

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-05.01.04, Josef Goebbels, The Attack, Essays from the Time of Struggle, 31 July 1936

A book titled The Attack: Essays from the Time of Struggle written by Josef Goebbels in German and published by Zentralverlag der NSDAP (The Central Publisher of the NSDAP) in 1936. The book is essentially a history of the Nazi Party serving to justify the foundation and purpose of the Nazi Regime. There are many stories of Nazi party members overcoming some type of adversity to found a government to glorify the German people. At the end of the book, there are case study examples of good citizens as well as detailed reasons for making the Jewish community an enemy of the state. Goebbels also founded a newspaper by the same name, Der Angriff, which published Nazi propaganda.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; National Socialist Ideology; Theory of National Socialism; Goebbels, Josef; Nazi antisemitic propaganda

Creators:: Josef Goebbels; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-05.01.05, 30 Articles of War Josef Goebbels, 1943

A typed and translated copy of the 30 Articles of War written by Josef Goebbels in 1943 when winning the war did not look so promising for Germany. The Articles are a reminder to the German people of their duty to serve Germany and win the war. It was thought that the outcome of the war depended upon the entire German people. There is extreme contept for anyone who consorts with the enemy or hesitates to sacrifice his life for his country.

Subject/Index Terms:: Goebbels, Josef; National Socialist Propaganda; Theory of National Socialism; National Socialist Ideology

Creators:: Josef Goebbels; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-05.01.06, German Soldiers Reflect on the USSR, 1941

A publication called German Soldiers Reflect on the USSR published by Wilhelm Limpert publishing house, Berlin 1941. The first page contains a quote by Dr. Goebbels: “If the foreign propaganda accuses us of giving the German population a wrong or imperfect impression of the fights in the East, the best way to confute this is by showing the letters of our soldiers.”

Chapters:

German soldiers as king’s evidence against Bolshevism

In a “Paradise of Workers”

In the apartments and on the streets

Jews and ‘Big shots’ economy

Bolshevik atrocities

Soldiers’ recipes for complainers

Former communists judge

Germany – most beautiful home

Soldier’s thanks to the Fuehrer

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; German invasion of the USSR, 22 June 1941; German Armed Forces, Wehrmacht; Berlin (Germany)

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945); Wilhelm Limpert publishing house, Berlin

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-05.01.07, Der Parteitag des Sieges (The Congress of Winners), 1933, 1933

Der Parteitag des Sieges (The Congress of Winners), a picture book of the 1933 party convention in Nuremberg, containing approximately 100 black and white images. It was published by Zeitgeschichte publishing house, Berlin. Baldur von Schirach (Youth leader of the German empire) wrote the introduction and captions. Photographer Heinrich Hoffmann took the pictures (photographer of the NSDAP leadership). 64 pages.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; Congress of Winners, 1933; NSDAP and Nazi Germany, party and government officials; Nuremberg, Germany, publication, 1933; photodocuments, Hitler, 1933; Photodocument, Hitler at Nazi Rallies, 1933; Nazi Rallies, photodocuments; Nazi Anti-Semitic Propaganda; Nazi antisemitic propaganda; Nazi Propaganda; Nuremberg (Germany)

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945); Baldur von Schirach (Youth leader of the German empire); Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer of the NSDAP leadership)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-05.01.08, Dr. Goebbels, 30 Articles of War for the German People, 1943

The 30 Articles of War (Dreissig Kriegsartikel fuer das Deutsche Volk ) written by Josef Goebbels in 1943 when winning the war did not look so promising for Germany. The Articles are a reminder to the German people of their duty to serve Germany and win the war. It was thought that the outcome of the war depended on the entire German people. There is extreme contept for anyone who consorts with the enemy or hesitates to sacrifice his life for his country. The text is in German.

Subject/Index Terms:: Goebbels, Josef; National Socialist Propaganda; National Socialist Ideology; Theory of National Socialism

Creators:: Josef Goebbels; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: RG-05.01.09, Nazi Propaganda Booklet " Schulungsbrief", 1944

A Nazi propaganda booklet sent to Werner Lohoff in 1944. The booklet contains anti semitic content. Bad Sachsa, Germany, 1944.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 10: RG-05.01.10, Deutschland Erwacht (Germany Awakened) Photo book, 1933

Deutschland Erwacht (Germany Awakened) published for the NSDAP in Germany by Cigaretten Bildendienst of Altona-Bahrenfeld November 1933, as a tribute to the Nazi Party.

Arrangement: Item-level Book

Extent: One Book

Language: German

Subject/Index Terms:: Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President; Adolf Hitler, national socialist propaganda, 1935; Nazi party; National Socialist Propaganda; National socialist propaganda documents, 1930s

Creators:: NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party; Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 11: RG-05.01.11, Nazi Propaganda, Anti-semitism, 1933-1939

Nazi antisemitic propaganda. 37 photographs of plates from a German language book titled Picture Volume for the Education of the Hitler Youth. Ca. 1933-1939

Subject/Index Terms:: Nazi antisemitic propaganda

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 13: RG-05.01.13, Nazi Propaganda, Souvenir booklet in German entitled "The Fuerher's Battle in France", 1940

A Nazi Propaganda souvenir booklet in German entitled "The Fuerher's Battle in France." Photo documentation by Henrich Hoffman. Issued by the Nazi "Winter Aid" campaign. 34 pages, 16 photographs, one map of France, June 1940.

Subject/Index Terms:: Nazi war propaganda for the military and German people

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 14: RG-05.01.14, Nazi Propaganda, Opening two pages of an article in German entitled "Bastards along the Rhine River", 1940

The opening two pages of an article in German entitled "Bastards along the Rhine River." There is one photograph of French African troops in the Rhineland and one of two children whose fathers were French African soldiers. Ca. 1940.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; Nazi racial theory

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 15: RG-05.01.15, Anti-semitic Propaganda and Currency, 1943

A one dollar bill with the following text in French: This dollar bill is valid only if signed by Morgenthau. The Minister of Treasury of the United States is the Jew Morgenthau Jr., allied with the big sharks of international finance. All of the attributes of Jews appear on this dollar: the eagle of Israel, the triangle, the eye of Jehovah, thirteen letters of the currency, thirteen morning stars, thirteen arrows, thirteen olive branches, thirteen unfinished steps to the Pyramid. This Dollar has financed the Jewish war. Oran, Algeria, 1943, dropped by plane.

Subject/Index Terms:: Nazi Anti-Semitic Propaganda

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 16: RG-05.01.16, Nazi Propaganda, Leaflet Aimed at US Soldiers, 1944

Recto: "Who started World War II? You have been told that Germany declared WWII on 9 December 1941. You are wrong. As far back as spring 1941 the English dropped pamphlets on Germany showing American factories in full spring." A newspaper clipping: A hand holding a magnifying glass over the Boston Herald of 21 August 1944 enlarges a letter to the editor, the latter argues that Roosevelt's Lend-Lease policy signaled the true entry of the US into the war. End of 1944.

Subject/Index Terms:: Nazi war propaganda, US military

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 17: RG-05.01.17, Nazi War Propaganda, Leaflet aimed at US soldiers, 1944

A Nazi propaganda Leaflet aimed at US soldiers. The cover creates the impression that it is a pamphlet issued by the US War department with this text: "If you should be captured you will be safe." War Department 16 May 1944. "We Germans are doing the same. Do not let anybody tell you we are not! Germany strictly adheres to the Geneva Convention! Captivity means you will be safe!" End of 1944.

Subject/Index Terms:: Nazi war propaganda, US military

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 18: RG-05.01.18, Nazi Propaganda Booklet, Roosevelt Verraet Amerika (Roosevelt Commits Treason Against America), 1942

A Nazi propaganda booklet titled "Roosevelt Commits Treason Against America." The booklet portrays Roosevelt as a willing puppet of an international Jewish conspiracy. Printed in Berlin, 1942.

Subject/Index Terms:: Nazi war propaganda, US military

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 19: RG-05.01.19, Nazi War Propaganda, 5 postcards, 1941

Five postcards from a series entitled Symbols of Honor, Day of the Armed Forces. It includes symbols for the anti-aircrafit, artillery, infantry, submarines, tank, and naval destroyers. 1941.

Subject/Index Terms:: Nazi war propaganda

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 20: RG-05.01.20, Nazi Propaganda, Three Small Advertisements in German for a photograph book, 1938

Three small advertisements in German for a photograph book entitled Adolf Hitler and His Path to a Germany that includes Austria. Austria after the Anschluss with Nazi Germany.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; Anschluss, German annexation of Austria

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 21: RG-05.01.21, Nazi Propaganda, Nazi postcard, "Potsdam 21 March 1933", 1933

A Nazi propaganda postcard of "Potsdam 21 March 1933" depicts Hitler and Hindenburg shaking hands in the Potsdam, Germany, 1933.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 22: RG-05.01.22, Nazi Propaganda, Sponsored by the War Winter Aid Campaign, 1939-1944

The Police on Duty at the Front depicts two SS officers holding large guns in the snow with tanks in the background. 1939-1944.

Subject/Index Terms:: Nazi war propaganda for the military and German people

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 23: RG-05.01.23, Nazi Propaganda Postcard, 1939-1945

A postcard with Bismarck and the following quote of him in German: "Cowardly (foreign) policy has always brought misfortunes."

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 24: RG-05.01.24, Nazi Propaganda Postcard, German Soldiers in Sicily, 1943

A Nazi propaganda postcard of German soldiers relaxing on a hillside, and one soldier is playing an accordion. They are in Sicily, and there is a Greek temple in the background. 1943

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 25: RG-05.01.25, Nazi Propagands, Three Postcards, 1943

Three Nazi Propaganda postcards. Two have the same image: a 1814 print of a Bavarian cavalier on a rearing horse with the inscription: "Through toughness and sacrifice to victory!" The third is a pastel of a young German girl holding an umbrella and a bag with flowers and a bottle, 1943

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 26: RG-05.01.26, Nazi Propaganda postcard, Painting of a blond Hitler Youth boy, 1933-1939

A postcard of a painting of a blond Hitler Youth boy playing a drum in front of a row of Nazi flags, landmark towers of Nuremburg in the background.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; Hitler Jugend

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 27: RG-05.01.27, Nazi Propaganda Postcard of SS in uniform, 1933 -- 1939

A postcard of SS in uniform and helmet standing between a swastika banner in the foreground of the Nuremburg castle in the background.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 28: RG-05.01.28, Nazi Propaganda Postcard of Hitler with raised arm, 1933 -- 1939

A postcard of Hitler with a raised arm. At the bottom is written "Our Fuerher."

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 29: RG-05.01.29, Nazi Propaganda postcard of Hitler and Goering saluting to a crowd, 1933 -- 1939

A postcard of Hitler and Goering saluting to a crowd from the balcony of the Reich Chancellery.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President; Goebbels, Josef

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 30: RG-05.01.30, Nazi Propaganda, SA members at Bamberger and Hertz store, 1933-1938

SA members at Bamberger and Hertz store. They appear to be about to paint something on the store window. The crowd looks on approvingingly, 1933-1938.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; Nazi anti-Jewish measures, actions and legislations

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 31: RG-05.01.31, Nazi Propaganda, Souvenir booklet in German entitled " The Fuehrer and Youth", 1935 -- 1937

A souvenir booklet in German entitled "The Fuehrer and Youth." Photo documentation by Henrich Hoffman. Issued by the Nazi "Winter Aid" campaign. 22 different photographs of Hitler with youth followed by four pages of commentary by Youth Leader Baldur von Shirach. Table of contents provides year and often the location of each photograph.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; Hitler Jugend; Nazi Youth Movement

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer of the NSDAP leadership)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 32: RG-05.01.32, Nazi Propaganda, Sourvenir booklet in German entitled: "The Fuehrer and Mussolini", 1935 -- 1939

A souvenir booklet in German entitled: "The Fuehrer and Mussolini." Photo documentation by Henrich Hoffman. Issued by the Nazi "Winter Aid" campaign. 28 photographs in Italy and Germany, 1935-1939.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; Hitler and Mussolini 1935-1939

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer of the NSDAP leadership)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 33: RG-05.01.33, Nazi Propaganda, Souvenir booklet in German entitled: "The Fuehrer and his Homeland", 1938

A souvenir booklet in German entitled “The Fuhrer and his Homeland." Photo documentation by Henrich Hoffman. Issued by the Nazi "Winter Aid" campaign. 28 photographs of Hitler in Austria, 1938

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer of the NSDAP leadership)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 34: RG-05.01.34, Nazi Propaganda Postcard, Members of the League of German Girls marching, 1933 -- 1939

A postcard of members of the League of German Girls marching in formation down a German street. A swastika banner hangs from one of the building on the street.

Subject/Index Terms:: League of German Girls and Women

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 35: RG-05.01.35, Nazi Propaganda Postcard of impassioned speaker, 1933 -- 1939

A postcard of an impassioned speaker addressing a crowd. The podium is draped with a huge swastika.

Subject/Index Terms:: Nazi Gathering; National Socialist Propaganda

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 36: RG-05.01.36, Nazi Propaganda Postcard of a parade down a German street, 1933 -- 1939

A postcard of a parade down a German street. Swastika banners hang from windows; children raise their arms in the Hitler greeting to men walking by in Nazi uniforms.

Subject/Index Terms:: Nazis parade through streets

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 37: RG-05.01.37, Nazi Propaganda, An illustrated book titled Fight for the Third Reich, 1933

An illustrated book titled Fight for the Third Reich, Compiled by Henrich Hoffman, contains 92 pages, 273 images. The book was published shortly after the NSDAP came to power in 1933. The Nazi version of German history and their movement is presented.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer of the NSDAP leadership)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 38: RG-05.01.38, Nazi anti-Jewish politics and measures, Copy of the invitation to the Wannsee Conference from Heydrich to the high-ranking Nazi officials and police chiefs, 1941

Copy of the invitation to the Wannsee Conference from Heydrich to the high-ranking Nazi officials and police chiefs. Among the addressees were Buehler, Stckart, Schlegelberger, Gutterer, Neumann, Meyer, Krueger, Leibbrandt, Luther,Hoffmann, Greifelt, Klopfer, and Kritzinger, 1941-1942

Subject/Index Terms:: Wannsee Conference

Creators:: NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Reinhard Heydrich (1941)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 39: RG-05.01.39, Nazi propaganda and ideology, Book, Fight for Berlin (Kampf um Berlin), 1932

A book entitled Fight for Berlin (Kampf um Berlin). Authored by Josef Goebbels, published by Eher Publishing house, Munich, 1932. This book is the first part of two volumes on this topic. The given one deals with the period between 1923-1927. Goebbel's involvement is emphasized, 287p.

Arrangement: Item-level book

Extent: Cover, end page, title page, portrait, page 286

Language of Material: German

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; National Socialist Ideology

Creators:: Josef Goebbels

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 40: RG-05.01.40, Nazi propaganda and ideology, Picture-book of the 1933 Nazi Party convention in Nuremberg, 1933

A picture-book of the 1933 Nazi Party convention in Nuremberg. It contains aproximately 100 images. Published by Heinrich Hoffmann, photographer of the NSDAP leadership and Baldur von Schirach, Yough leader of Germany, the latter contributed the introduction and captions. The book is entitled: The Party Convention of Victory in Nurembgerg, 1933 (Der Parteitag des Sieges) Published in Berlin, 64 pages

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Ideology; National Socialist Propaganda; Nazi Party Convention, Nuremberg, 1933

Creators:: NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer of the NSDAP leadership)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 41: RG-05.01.41, Nazi propaganda and ideology: A Pathfinder and Advance Fighter for the New Germany

A Pathfinder and Advance Fighter for the New Germany (Wegbereiter und Vorkaempfer fuer das neue Deutschland). Distinguished Nazi leaders in Government, public life, military, literature and art are presented in this book. There are 168 images, mainly portraits of the given personalities, 1933. The book was published by Wilhelm Freiherr von Mueffling in May 1933 in Munich, 64 pages.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; National Socialist Ideology

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 42: RG-05.01.42, Nazi propaganda, cult of Hitler: A Photo-Album entitled Hitler as Nobody Knows Him, 1931 -- 1932

A Photo-Album: Hitler as Nobody Knows Him 100 images of the Fuehrer's life (Hitler wie in keiner kennt: 100 Bilddokumente aus dem Leben des Fuehrer). Nazi propaganda. Hitler cult. Published by Heinrich Hoffman in Berlin, ca 1931-1932.

Subject/Index Terms:: Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President; National Socialist Propaganda

Creators:: NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer of the NSDAP leadership)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 43: RG-05.01.43, Nazi propaganda and education, Songbook for the Hitler Youth., 1935 -- 1937

Songbook for the Hitler Youth. A collection of the songs (lyrics and melodies), 63 pages. Published in October 1935, 1935-1937. Nazi propaganda and education Published by the Youth Authority department. Introduction by the music consultant Wolfgang Stumme.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; Nazi Youth Movement; Hitler Jugend

Creators:: NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 44: RG-05.01.44, Nazi propaganda and history, Book entitled Germany Between Night and Day, 1934

A book entitled Germany between Night and Day (Deutschland zwischen Nacht und Tag). The book claimed that the post-World War I economic and political hardships were attributed to the sanctions and restrictions imposed on Germany by the Versailles System. To break out of misery and indignity meant to follow the National Socialist. Authored by Freidrich Seiss. Published in Berlin, 1934 279 pp.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda; Nazi version of history

Creators:: NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Friedrich Seiss (1934)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 45: RG-05.01.45, Nazi propaganda, An illustrated newspaper entitled German Economic propaganda in Images and Print, 1934

An illustrated newspaper entitled German Economic propaganda in Images and Print (Deutsche Wirtschaftspropaganda in Bild und Schrift). The issue about German china industry is covered. March 1934.

Subject/Index Terms:: National Socialist Propaganda

Creators:: NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 46: RG-05.01.46, Nazi general publications, Planner Calendar, 1942 -- 1943

A planner Calendar (Der Merker). A calendar-type publication, 1942-1943

Subject/Index Terms:: Nazi party artifacts

Creators:: NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 47: RG-05.01.47, Nazi propaganda, A song-book for an SA Commander, early 1930s

A song-book for an SA Commander (SA Sturmlieder, 87 Lieder, zum Teil mit Noten). 87 songs, 69 pages, published in the early 1930s

Subject/Index Terms:: Nazi party artifacts

Creators:: NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 48: RG-05.01.48, German general and military publications, Blow toward the West , 1939 -- 1940

Blow Toward the West (Schlag nach ueber den Westen). Wehrmacht (Army)-published reference book on Western Europe of historical, geographical, political, and administrative content. Designated for internal use in the Germany military. Date of publication: 1939/1940

Creators:: NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); German Military Publications (1939-1940)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 49: RG-05.01.49, SA members engaged in anti-semitic and anti-Jewish activity, 1933

Two photographs depicting SA members engaged in boycotting activity near the Jewish department store Bamberger and Hertz, Munich, ca. 1933

Subject/Index Terms:: Nazi anti-Jewish measures, actions and legislations

Creators:: NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 50: RG-05.01.02.03, Adolf Hitler Photo-Book, R Part.1

Publication of National Socialist propaganda about Adolf Hitler

Subject/Index Terms:: Album of the Fuehrer, Adolf Hitler, Hamburgh, 1936; Hitler with German military officials, photographs, 1930s; Hitler at the common grave of soldiers fallen in the battle during WWI, Franconia ,1930s; Hitler travels through Germany, 1930s, photodocuments; National Socialist Propaganda; National socialist propaganda documents, 1930s; Hitler meets with German people, national socialist propaganda, photodocuments, 1930s; Hitler gives speeches, national socialist propaganda, photodocuments, 1930s; Hitler in the mountains, national socialist propaganda, photodocuments, 1930s; Hitler at the diplomatic reception, national socialist propaganda, 1930s; Documents in German language; Narratives in German language

Creators:: NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945); Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 51: RG-05.01.02.04, Adolf Hitler Photo-Book, R Part.2

Publication of National Socialist propaganda about Adolf Hitler

Subject/Index Terms:: Album of the Fuehrer, Adolf Hitler, Hamburgh, 1936; Documents in German language; Narratives in German language; National Socialist Propaganda; National socialist propaganda documents, 1930s; Meeting of Japanese political and military establishment, 1934; Parade in Nuremburg, 1935, foreign military attaches present, photodocument; Hitler with head of European leaders, ca 1935; Hitler with the German cabinet, 1935; Hitler with Polish foreign minister Beck, ca 1935; Hitler and diplomatic activities, ca 1935; Hitler attends international workers day, May 1 1934, Berlin; Hitler at the rally at Tempelhofer Field, May 1 1934, Berlin; Hitler at a cornerstone laying ceremony for an assembly hall in a newly founded settlement, ca 1935; Hitler and workers, photodocument, National socialist propaganda, ca 1935; Hitler visits automobile production plants, ca 1935; Hitler in the Berlin Philharmonic, ca 1935; Hitler visiting art establishments, ca 1930s; Hitlers personal art works, ca 1914; Hitlers innovation to new architectural style in Germany, ca 1935; Creation of autobahn, new speedy motorways, Germany, ca 1935; State funeral of President Hindenburg, Tannenberg Memorial, Germany, August 7 1934; Hitler at Nazi rallies, 1930s; Hitler at military exercises, Germany, 1935; Hitler meets young workers at Reich Chancellery, May 1 1934, Nazi propaganda

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945); NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 52: RG-05.01.02.04, Adolf Hitler Photo-Book, R Part.3

Publication of National Socialist propaganda about Adolf Hitler

Subject/Index Terms:: Narratives in German language; Documents in German language; National Socialist Propaganda; National socialist propaganda documents, 1930s; Hitler at military exercises, Germany, 1935; Hitler at Nazi rallies, 1930s; Hitler with young children, Nazi propaganda, ca 1932; Hitler with members of the Hitler Youth, ca 1934

Creators:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei; Nazi Party, agencies (1933 -- 1945); NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933 -- 1945)