Nazi Propaganda

Select three visual propaganda sources and two textual propaganda sources to analyze in more depth. You will need to view more than the minimum number of sources in order to select the ones that are most suitable for this assignment. In a Word document, provide the title for each document you selected, followed by a link to the source. If it is a visual source, copy and paste it into your paper. (To do this, right click on the image and select “copy,” then right click in your Word document and select “paste.”) Next write one paragraph (approximately 200-250 words) describing the source, where it came from, and its intended audience. You should also include a 1-2 sentence summary of the source’s key arguments or ideas. Utilizing this website: https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/ In the same Word document, write a 3-4 page (750-1000 word) essay in which you use both the readings for this week and the propaganda sources you selected in order to provide your own explanation for why you think ordinary Germans went along with the Nazi regime, especially in its persecution of the Jews. As you write your essay you should make sure to consider the following factors (as appropriate for the sources you have selected): Antisemitic, racist, and social Darwinist beliefs in pre-Nazi Germany and Europe The antisemitic beliefs of Hitler and the Nazi Party The role of Hitler in the Nazi Party and the Nazi State The role of fear and coercion in shaping the attitudes of “ordinary” Germans The role of incentives and “positive” ideals in shaping the attitudes of “ordinary” Germans The effect you believe each propaganda source might have had on different groups in Germany An essay that includes an introductory paragraph with a clear argument/thesis statement, body paragraphs that use evidence from both primary and secondary sources to support your thesis, and a conclusion which reiterates the argument and offers summarizing thoughts course material: Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning From the Ashes of Sobibor By Thomas Toivi Blatt Christopher R Browning War & Genocide A Concise History of the Holocaust by Doris L. Bergen can be used in the references