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Sunday, July 15, 2012

One Survivor Remembers Image #3: Nazi Propaganda


Kurt Klein, Gerda's future husband and the American soldier who liberated her from the abandoned warehouse, was sent to the U.S. by his parents as a result of the increasing discrimination of Jews in Europe.
This is a postcard his aunt in Buffalo, NY received in 1936. 


*Image from Gerda Weissmann Klein's personal collection courtesy of Teaching Tolerance and the Kurt and Gerda Klein foundation.


Think about what you learned on your webquest about Germany in the 1920's and 30's, and why some of its people were receptive to a leader like Adolf Hitler.  Who is in the image?  What are they doing?  What is it an image of?  What is it trying to show?  Post your comments below.  Use complete sentences and proper mechanics.   

In the comments section, please write about this image and how it is a form of propaganda.  You may want to answer a few or all of the questions above in your answer.

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