Jeremy Pozner
\nFirst Year Seminar
\nProfessor Qualls<\/p>\n
Paper Prospectus<\/p>\n
I intend to write about the use of propaganda to influence both the German citizens\u2019 and the Nazi soldiers\u2019 views of the Jews as \u00dcntermenschen. The Nazis used propaganda campaigns in order to glorify the blue- eyed, blonde- haired Aryan and to dehumanize the Jews. These propaganda campaigns included movies, posters, and even comics for children that blamed the Jews for all of society\u2019s ills. This propaganda influenced the Germans\u2019 view of Jews as less than human and created a psychological gap between the two parties. When added to the propaganda that boosted the Aryan soldiers of the German army as \u00dcbermenschen, the effects were magnified. This effect, known as dehumanization, made it easier for the German soldiers to commit horrible atrocities against the Jews in concentration camps such as Auschwitz because they viewed the Jews as inferior life forms. <\/p>\n
I am going to try to answer the question \u201cHow did the propaganda influence the thinking of Nazi soldiers and their ability to exterminate Jews?\u201d as well as \u201cHow did the propaganda influence the German civilians and could it have helped them turn a blind eye to the suffering of the Jews?\u201d <\/p>\n
This topic has been covered quite a bit, however I am also going to try and cover the angle of the civilians as well as the soldiers.<\/p>\n
Bibliography
\n-Zimbardo, Phillip. “The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo.” The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo. http:\/\/www.lucifereffect.com\/dehumanization.htm (accessed October 1, 2012).
\n\tThis page is based on the book The Lucifer Effect by Phillip Zimbardo. It talks about the Nazi propaganda that dehumanized the Jews and influenced the German citizenry to think of the Jews as bad.
\n-” Dehumanization of the Jews.” Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. http:\/\/www.jfedpgh.org\/page.aspx?id=148357 (accessed October 1, 2012).
\n\tThis page talks about how the Germans used various forms of propaganda to portray the Jews as subhuman.<\/p>\n
– Smith, David Livingstone. Less than human: why we demean, enslave, and exterminate others. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2011.
\n\tThis book talks about how dehumanization of a people is a crucial aspect that leads to genocide. It not only talks about dehumanization of the Jews by the Nazis but also about other instances in history such as the Rwandan genocide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jeremy Pozner First Year Seminar Professor Qualls Paper Prospectus I intend to write about the use of propaganda to influence both the German citizens\u2019 and the Nazi soldiers\u2019 views of the Jews as \u00dcntermenschen. The Nazis used propaganda campaigns in … Continue reading