Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Nazi and American Propaganda Videos

Nazi Propaganda was used by Hitler to try and recruit people to come to the war. He was very successful with his propaganda as many Germans praised him and eventually joined the army. The propaganda video depicted that the Germans were always happy and had a positive outlook towards Hitler. They made him look like a hero by always praising him. The Germans treated Hitler like he was god and would do anything that he wanted them to do. In addition, all of the Germans look like they agree with each other and nobody appears to oppose Hitler. The video also showed kids supporting Hitler which shows that everybody is in favor of Hitler. In the video, it also shows that Hitler tried to make kids feel like they are important. He does this so that they can join the war when they get older.

Throughout the whole video, there is no video footage of anything negative about Hitler and the Nazi Party. They only show things that make the Nazi Party look good. They don't show any violence or any other nagative quality that the Nazi's have.

The american propaganda video is different from the Nazi's because it actually shows warfare. The video tries to show the size and power that the US army has.  The US citizens look very patriotic and show a stong sense of nationalism.  In the video, it discusses information about relations between the US and other countries.  This is different from Nazi propaganda as it only talked about Germany. 

It is interesting to see the difference between two different forms of nationalism.  The US took a more direct form of propaganda by simply showing the size and power of the army, while the Nazi's simply showed Hitler and everyone praising him. 

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