My book Bending Spines: The Propagandas of Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic (Michigan State University Press, 2004) provides an analysis of much of the material on the German Propaganda Archive. It can be ordered in the United States through amazon.com in either the hardcover or paperback edition. My newest book is Landmark Speeches of National Socialism (Texas A&M University Press). It is available in hardcover and paperback editions.

Organization of the Page:

Speeches and Writings by Nazi Leaders

Anti-Semitic Material

Visual Material

War Propaganda: 1939-1945

Miscellaneous Propaganda

Material for Propagandists

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I. Speeches and Writings by Nazi Leaders

• Joseph Goebbels: A collection of 80 speeches and essays.
• Hermann Göring : A speech on 9 April 1933.
• Adolf Hitler
  • A 30 January 1937 speech on foreign policy.
  • Proclamation of 22 June 1941: Hitler justifies invading Russia.
  • “To the Old Guard in Munich” (1941): Available in Landmark Speeches of National Socialism.
  • Hitler’s last speech (1945): Available in Landmark Speeches of National Socialism.
• Rudolf Hess
  • The Oath to Hitler: A million Nazis take an oath to Hitler.
  • To the Front Fighters of the World: Germany wants peace (1934).
  • The Referendum on Hitler: Hitler takes total power.
  • Launching the Training Ship Horst Wessel: The myth of a Nazi “martyr.”
• Robert Ley
  • “Fate — I believe”: A 1937 speech preaching a pseudo-religious faith.
  • “The Jews or Us...”: A bad 1937 speech on aspects of Nazism.
• Gertrud Scholtz-Klink:
  • “To Be German is to Be Strong”: A January 1936 speech.
  • The Woman in National Socialism (1936): Available in Landmark Speeches of National Socialism.
  • Speech at the 1936 Nuremberg Rally.
  • Speech at the 1938 Nuremberg Rally.
• Julius Streicher
  • Two Streicher speeches from March and April 1933.
  • Speech on Kristallnacht (1938): Available in Landmark Speeches of National Socialism.
  • Just before World War II begins: 4 July 1939.
• Speeches and articles by Nazi Gauleiter: This page is in its early stages.

II. Racial and Anti-Semitic Material

• Solving the “Jewish Question”: Two April 1933 articles by Nazi leaders.
• Neues Volk: Material from the party’s racial policy office (1934-1941).
• A German Catechism: 1934 anti-Semitic material for the schools.
• “Why the Aryan Law”: A 1934 Nazi pamphlet on racial laws.
• Advice for Nazi speakers on anti-Semitic propaganda: What to say in Fall 1935.
• Ten Anti-Semitic Arguments: Advice to propagandists in 1936.
• Zionism: Zionism as part of the Jewish conspiracy (1936).
• “The Eternal Jew”: Photographs from a 1937 Nazi anti-Semitic book.
• Hitler Youth Material: What HJ leaders said about race in 1937.
• Genetics and Racial Science for teachers (1937).
• “The ‘Decent’ Jew”: A 1939 essay denouncing the Jews.
• “The Panic Party”: A 1939 satirical article on Jewish emigration.
• The Jewish World Plague: A chapter from Hermann Esser’s 1939 book.
• Ahasver: A section from a book on the fall of France.
• The Jewish Problem: From a citizen’s handbook to the Third Reich.
• Jud Süß: An ad for the 1940 anti-Semitic film.
• Jud Süß: The program for an anti-Semitic film (1940).
• A review of the film The Eternal Jew (1940).
• People and Race: Material from a Nazi racial monthly.
• “When you see this symbol...”: A 1941 anti-Semitic flyer.
• “The Jews in World Politics”: Part of a 1942 pamphlet on the Jews.
• Racial Policy: Parts of a 1943 SS booklet on racial theory.
• The Jewish World Parasite: A pamphlet from 1943.
• Pestilential Miasma of the World: A 1944 book by Robert Ley.
• 1944 discussion material: A call to annihilate the Jews.
• Material by Walter Groß, Nazi Racial Theorist
  • “National Socialist Racial Policy”: A 1934 speech on racial doctrine.
  • Race: A 1934 radio talk to the youth.
  • Blood is Holy: 1935 radio talk to the youth.
• Material from Julius Streicher’s Der Stürmer
  • Cartoons from Der Stürmer, 1933-1944
  • “The Guilty”: A March 1933 article on the Reichstag fire.
  • “Secret Plans Against Germany”: A 1933 call to exterminate Jews.
  • “The End”: A 1935 story alleging Jewish seduction.
  • “Mailbox”: Stürmer readers denounce fellow citizens in 1935.
  • The Stürmer’s Readers: A 1935 article on those who read it.
  • “Madagascar”: A 1938 article on sending Jews to Madagascar.
  • “The Way to Slavery”: An August 1939 editorial by Julius Streicher.
  • “Bolshevism and Synagogue”: A call for annihilating the Jews in 1941.
  • “The Battle with the Devil”: Jews want to destroy Germany (1941).
  • “When Will the Jewish Danger be Over”: A 1942 call for annihilation.
  • “The Way to Action”: A 1943 editorial by Julius Streicher.
  • “The Death Blow”: A 1943 editorial by Julus Streicher.
  • “The Holy Hate”: A 1943 article by Ernst Hiemer.
  • “Our Faith”: A July 1943 article by Ernst Heimer on destroying the Jews.
  • “What is Americanism?”: A 1944 editorial by Julius Streicher.
  • “The Horror in the East”: Streicher’s last article in February 1945.
• Other Material from Streicher’s Stürmer Verlag
  • “The Jew and Healing”: From Streicher’s “medical journal” (1934).
  • The Stürmer’s Battle: A 1937 promotional pamphlet.
  • Trust No Fox...: The first of Streicher’s anti-Semitic children’s books.
  • The Toadstool: One of the nastier anti-Semitic productions.
  • Der Pudelmopsdackelpinscher: Chapters from a 1940 children’s book.
  • The Jewish Question in Education: A guidebook for Nazi teachers.
  • Photographs of Julius Streicher: The Gauleiter from various angles.

III. Visual Material

• Nazi-era posters: A large collection.
• Weekly quotation posters: Nazi posters with inspiring quotations.
• The texts of many weekly quotation posters: Often with an image (1938-1944).
• Hitler Youth quotation posters: Nine examples from 1940.
• Nazi Films: Three examples, with suggestions on finding more.
• Color illustrations from 1933: From a bestselling “coffee table” book.
• The National Revolution: Pictures from 1933 on Hitler’s takeover.
• Nazi postcards: A small collection of propaganda postcards.
• Cartoons from Kladderadatsch: Germany wants peace in 1934.
• Cartoons from Brennessel, the Nazi humor magazine.
• Nazi uniforms: Clothing as propaganda.
• Nazi regalia: Flags, banners, badges.
• Nazi decorative items: Pages from a 1939 catalog.
• Gallery of Gauleiter: Propaganda photos of Nazi leaders.
• Propaganda in postage stamps: A small collection of Nazi-era stamps.
• Photographs of the 1937 Nuremberg Rally
• Color photos of the 1938 Nuremberg Rally
• Racial wall charts: For use in schools.
• Hitler’s Reich Chancellery in Berlin
• Bildbericht der Woche: A March 1939 edition of a weekly slide strip.
• Nazi architecture: Photographs of Nazi buildings in Munich.
• Nazi cartoons on Winston Churchill: 1933-1944.
• Nazi cartoons on the outbreak of war: Taken from a 1939 book.
• Miscellaneous Images: Vivid images that did not fit elsewhere.
• City Maps from 1938: Propaganda in names.
• German city scenes: Photographs from 1940.
• Tran und Helle: A comedy skit on POWs and the black market (1940?).
• Eight small propaganda flyers from the war years.
• Ich kämpfe: Parts of a book given to new party members in 1943.
• A Nazi Advent: From a 1943 Advent calendar.
• A Nazi Christmas: From a book of material for Christmas 1944.
• Winterhilfswerk booklets: For those who donated to the Nazi charity.
  • Der Führer 1933: Hitler’s accomplishments of that year.
  • The Führer Makes History 1938
  • The Führer in the Mountains
  • The Führer’s Battle in the East: The first two weeks in Poland.
  • Gerhard Koeppen: One of a series on Knight’s Cross recipients.
• Nazi Art
  • Nazi art on 9 November: The “holiest” day on the Nazi calendar.
  • Nazi political art: A variety of art with clear political purpose
  • Hitler portraits: Nazi art portraying Hitler.
  • Nazi war art: Examples from 1940-1944.

IV. War Propaganda: 1939-1945

• Stukas Attack: Details on a 1940 Nazi children’s game.
• German Foreign Office Press Releases: Three examples from 1941.
• Signal: A propaganda magazine circulated in 25 languages.
• Slogan of the Week: Fourteen wall newspaper posters from 1941 and 1942.
• Europe at Work in Germany: A 1943 book on foreign workers.
• Leaflets from D-Day: Nazi leaflets aimed at American soldiers.
• German wartime advertising: Examples from 1944.
• Nazi war humor: Cartoons from the Lustige Blätter(1941-1944).
• More war humor: Cartoons from the Fliegende Blätter (1942).
• A Nazi Mother’s Day card: 1944.
• Victory or death: The text of a propaganda leaflet (1945).
• Mass Pamphlets of the War Years
  • “War Library of the German Youth”: Pamphlets issued 1940-1942.
  • Altmark — Baralong: A 1940 anti-British pamphlet.
  • A German Primer: A popular 1940 booklet on Nazi military virtues.
  • How They Lie: A 1940 pamphlet accuses the Allies of inventing German atrocities.
  • “Warning! Enemy Propaganda!”: 1940 advice on enemy propaganda.
  • Kleine Kriegshefte: Nazi pamphlets on the war from 1940-1941
  • The War Goal of World Plutocracy: A remarkable pamphlet (1941).
  • Nazi soldiers’ letters from Russia: Excerpts from letters.
  • Not Empty Phrases, but Rather Clarity:A 1942 pamphlet on Nazi ideology.
  • The Attack on Cologne: A 1942 pamphlet on British bombing.
  • What Does Bolshevization Mean in Reality?: A spring 1943 pamphlet.
  • Facts Speak for Victory: June 1943 speeches by Speer and Goebbels.
  • The Secret of Japan’s Strength: A1943 Nazi booklet on Japan.
  • Never!: A late -1944 pamphlet urging Gemans to fight or die.
• War Correspondent Reports
  • The outbreak of WWII: From the Wehrmacht’s biweekly.
  • “German Torpedoes in Scapa Flow”: Talks by Hans Fritzsche (1939).
  • Three war articles from summer 1940: Confident and boastful.
  • The fall of France: Material distributed in the United States in 1940.
  • “Churchill Orders Destruction”: A 1940 article on British bombing.
  • “That is Heroism!”: A soldier destroys Soviet tanks (1943).
  • Pictures from January 1943: A satirical commentary on the war.
  • The Battle of Monte Cassino: Explaining a lost battle in May 1944.
  • Rome: Putting the best face on the loss of Rome in June 1944.
  • The news in Berlin: A daily newspaper dated 5 October 1944
• Material from Das Schwarze Korps, the SS weekly
  • Nazis vs. Superman: A 1940 article attacking Superman.
  • “False Consideration”: A 1943 article urging harsh treatment of complainers.
  • “The Danger of Americanism”: A 1944 discussion of “The American Century.”
  • “He is Victory!”: A 1944 article on Hitler’s birthday.
  • Editorial cartoons, dated 1943-1944.
  • Satirical cartoon strips, dated 1944-1945.
• Material from Das Reich: A widely circulated weekly
  • “The Uncertain Casualty List”: On the missing at Stalingrad (February 1943).
  • “The Invasion”: On the prospects of an Allied landing (January 1944).
  • “Unexpected Consequences”: On the impact of Allied bombing.
  • “First Results of the V-1”: The first V-1s were launched just after D-Day.
  • “The Kitschified Mass Soul”: A 1944 discussion of American advertising.
  • “Reality is Different”: On the morale of American soldiers (December 1944).
  • “Berlin, a Giant Hedgehog”: Preparations for the final battle (March 1945).
  • Editorial cartoons, 1940-1941
  • Editorial cartoons, 1944-1945.
  • See also Goebbels’s editorials from Das Reich.

V. Miscellaneous Propaganda

• “Concentration Camp”: German kids at play (April 1933).
• The Cross of Christ and the Swastika: A 1934 pamphlet from the “German Christians.”
• On Nazi radio: A 1934 chapter by Eugen Hadamovsky.
• Rearmament propaganda from 1935.
• The 1936 Nuremberg Rally: Translations from the official proceedings.
• The 1936 Gau Südhannover-Braunschweig rally: Nuremberg in miniature.
• The 1936 Nazi farmers rally: Agriculture for the Nazi cause.
• “Last Words”: A collection of dying words of Nazis from a 1936 article.
• Nazi Economic Achievements: A brochure from 1936.
• The Great Anti-Bolshevist Exhibition: The program from the 1937 event.
• “With German Soldiers in Liberated Austria”: The takeover of Austria in 1938.
• The Volkswagen: A model car to be built in a model city (1938).
• “Memel is Free”: From a 1939 book on Hitler’s territorial gains.
• “The Victory of Faith”: A 1939 article on worldviews.
• Berlin Television Schedule: What to watch in March 1939.
• The German house: Nazi views on how to build a house (1937).
• Nazi interior decoration: How should a Nazi home look inside (1939)?
• Diary of an S. A. Leader: A 1939 propaganda book on the Storm Troopers.
• “The Soviet Paradise”: A 1942 exhibition on the Soviet Union.
• Faith and Action: A popular 1938 Nazi “Book of Virtues.”
• Nazi Economics: Party propaganda from 1938-1940.
• The Kampfzeit: Building Nazi myths
  • Recollections of an early Nazi speaker: Taken from a book by Hans Hinkel.
  • The Battle of the Pharus Hall: Goebbels describes a 1927 battle in Berlin.
  • A meeting hall battle in Hamburg in 1930: Violence glorified.
  • Comrade! Keep Moving: Nazi history in Starnberg, 1925-1930.
  • How We Fought!: Nazi history in Frankfurt (M).
  • The January 1933 election in Lippe: Two weeks before Hitler’s takeover.
  • “Humorous” Nazi stories of the Kampfzeit: An effort at Nazi humor.
  • Early Nazi speaking experiences: Stories by Walter Tießler.
  • The Hitler Youth in Kiel: Its history from 1930-1933, published in 1938.
• Material on Hitler
  • The Hitler No One Knows: First published in 1932, often reprinted.
  • Caricatures of Hitler: Taken from an unusual 1933 German book.
  • Adolf Hitler: Pictures from the Life of the Führer: Translations and pictures from 1936.
  • Hitler’s Paintings: Five examples from 1914-1917.
  • “The Life of the Führer”: A chapter from the Nazi handbook for boys.
  • “We Owe It to the Führer”: A 1938 pamphlet on Hitler’s deeds.
  • The Song of the Faithful: Poems in praise of Adolf Hitler from 1938.
  • Hitler on magazine covers: Illustrierter Beobachter 1938-1939.
  • Hitler’s 50th birthday: Photographs from 1939.
  • Everybody’s Hitler: A 1940 booklet for conquered Alsace.
  • That is Victory!: Letters in praise of Hitler from 1940.
  • Hitler portraits: Nazi art portraying Hitler from the war years.
  • Hitler’s Obituary: From a 2 May 1945 German newspaper.
  • See also Goebbels’ speeches on Hitler’s birthday in the Goebbels section.
• Material from Popular Nazi Magazines
  • The Illustrierter Beobachter 1934-1943: The Nazi illustrated weekly.
  • The Frauen Warte: Issues of the Nazi women’s magazine (1934-1945).
  • Der Pimpf: Material from the Nazi magazine for boys, 1935-1944.
  • Das deutsche Mädel: The Nazi magazine for girls (1936-1943).
  • Der Schulungsbrief: 1942-44 material on political education.
  • See also material from Das Schwarze Korps and Das Reich above.
• Educational Propaganda
  • “Education in National Socialist Germany”: On Nazi education.
  • The Battle for Germany: A 1938 schoolbook on the Nazi Party.
  • You and Your People: Nazi ideology for 14-year-olds (1940).
  • Parts of a pre-war reading text: Propaganda for the very young.
  • Parts of a 1936 reading text: More propaganda for the young.
  • Parts of a 1941 reading text. More for the very young.
  • A chapter from a 1942 biology text: Biology serves propaganda.
  • A chapter from a 1943 geography text: Germany needed more land.
• Material about the United States
  • A 1933 letter from a German propagandist to an American friend.
  • Excerpts from The Land without a Heart, a 1942 book on the U.S.
  • “America as a Perversion of European Culture”: A 1942 pamphlet.
  • “Europe and America”: A 1942 analysis of America’s racial makeup.
  • Roosevelt Betrays America: A 1942 pamphlet by Robert Ley.
• Material about England
  • Inside England: Parts of a book about England.
  • Robber England: Material from a 1941 illustrated book on England.
  • Guernsey Evening Press: A 1942 issue from Nazi-occupied Guernsey.

VI. Material from Nazi Literature for Propagandists.

• Propaganda and National Power: Eugen Hadamovsky’s 1933 book on propaganda.
• Hitler Youth training material: What leaders were to teach kids (1935-1944).
• “The Tasks of Propaganda in the National Socialist State”: A 1934 Goebbels speech.
• “10 Commandments for Propagandists”: A 1934 satirical article.
• “Political Propaganda”: A lengthy 1934 essay on the nature of propaganda.
• “The Nature of Contemporary Propaganda”: A 1934 essay on propaganda.
• “Political Propaganda as a Moral Duty”: A 1936 article on propaganda.
• “Film as a Weapon”: By Fritz Hipper, who made The Eternal Jew (1937).
• “The Political Work of the Radio Announcer”: A 1939 essay on radio.
• Banned music: A list of what to avoid from 1939.
• Hitler speeches and foreign radio stations: Advice to party members (1939).
• Anti-Bolshevist propaganda: Guidelines after Stalingrad (February 1943).
• On relations with foreigners: Interesting 1943 advice to party leaders.
• “The Officer and Enemy Propaganda”: For officers training recruits.
• The Werewolf Movement: A call for building resistance (April 1945).
• Material on the Party Propaganda Apparatus
  • An article on reorganzing the party propaganda system in 1933.
  • "14 Days in a Gau Propaganda Office”: A Nazi propaganda office in 1934.
  • “The Propaganda Warden”: On lower-level propagandists.
  • “The Reichspropagandaleitung”: The party’s Central Propaganda Office.
  • “Tasks of Cell and Block Leaders”: A 1936 article on low level propagandists.
  • The propaganda campaign for winter 1937/38.
  • Worldview training for girls: Hitler Youth material (1938).
  • A 1939 conference for propagandists: Nazi thinking in 1939.
  • Gau Propaganda in Westfalen-Nord: Organizing propaganda in 1940.
  • The Winter Propaganda Campaign: A national effort in November 1940.
  • “The Work of Party Propaganda in War”: A 1941 review.
  • A Propaganda Primer: A 1942 handbook on propaganda.
  • The propaganda system: What propagandists needed to know (1942).
  • Propaganda plan for winter 1941/42: The problem of Russia.
  • Propaganda plan for spring 1942: Marching orders for propagandists.
  • Advice for county (Kreis) propaganda leaders (March 1943).
  • A propaganda business meeting: Motivating propagandists in 1943.
  • A propaganda campaign against spies: Be quiet! (1944).
  • Advice on discussion meetings: Training party members in 1944.
• Material on the Nazi Speaker System
  • “The Reich Speaker School”: On training speakers.
  • “Heart or Reason? What We don’t Want from our Speakers”: A 1937 essay.
  • “The Power of Speech”: On the centrality of oral rhetoric.
  • “Hitler Youth Speakers”: The Hitler Youth speaker system in 1937
  • Nazi Meetings from the speaker’s viewpoint: All was not well in 1937.
  • “The Meeting Campaign”: A saturation campaign of mass meetings.
  • “Public Meetings During Wartime?”: A 1940 essay on public meetings.
  • Leave the church: A 1941 memo ordering speakers to quit the church.
  • “Mistakes in Meeting Propaganda”: A 1941 article on the meeting system.
  • Guidance for party speakers.
    • The battle against the Jews: A summary of anti-Semitic arguments (Fall 1935).
    • Fighting “Political Catholicism”: Arguments from August 1935.
    • Information on the U.S. (April 1939).
    • Information on England’s war guilt: (November 1939).
    • Rudolf Hess and the war situation: Advice from May 1941.
    • Explaining Soviet resistance: Advice from September 1941.
    • What to say about the USA: (February 1942).
    • Frostbite, typhoid fever, and Soviet POWs: Speaker advice (February 1942).
    • On cuts in food rations: Speaker advice (March 1942).
    • The Allied press and using the word “propaganda”: Advice from May 1942.
    • Avoid building false hopes of quick victory: Advice dated 25 August 1942.
    • Even Americans think Germany can win the war: Advice dated 30 September 1942.
    • No armistice with the USSR: (23 October 1942).
    • On a speech by Wendell Willkie: (3 November 1942).
    • Enemy plans to annihilate Germany: (6 November 1942).
    • Submarine warfare: A bright spot after Stalingrad (Feb.-March 1943).
    • On the Jews: Spreading anti-Semitic hatred (5 May 1943).
    • On a reduction in meat rations: Explaining an unpopular measure (12 May 1943).
    • “Twilight of the Jews”: Even more vehement rhetoric (18 May 1943).
    • The End of the African Campaign: Another lost battle (18 May 1943).
    • On Allied bombing: Win first, then rebuild (September 1943).
    • The Eastern Front: Germany, supposedly, is winning (September 1943).
    • Re-activating the Nazi Party: Increasing the war effort (October 1943).
    • Advice on Bolshevism: Speaker material from June 1944.
    • Model speeches on motherhood, Allied bombing, and the duties of youth (1944-1945): Available in Landmark Speeches of National Socialism.
• Directives for Magazine Editors (Zeitschriften-Dienst)
  • A 1939 bibliography for Nazi propagandists.
  • September 1941: Preparing for a hard winter.
  • October 1941: Placing German victory in historical context.
  • September 1942: Victory at Stalingrad expected.
  • February 1943: Just after the defeat at Stalingrad.
  • June 1944: Just after D-Day.
  • August 1944: On anti-Semitic strategies.
  • Miscellaneous items: Dated 1941-1944.
• Material on Nazi Ceremonies
  • Using Christian holidays: Absorbing old holidays into Nazi culture (1937).
  • Celebrating Christmas Nazi style (1939).
  • Ceremonies for the youth: Nazi rites of passage from 1939.
  • On party rituals: The introduction to a 1941 book for party officials.
  • Nazi gravestones: How to bury a Nazi.
  • Hitler’s Birthday 1942: A model speech and other material.
  • 9 November 1942: The holiest day on the Nazi calendar.
  • 30 January 1943: Plans for Nazism’s 10th anniversary
  • Easter 1944: A suggested speech for party observances.
  • Nazi commemoration of the war dead: A sample speech from 1944.

VII. Links

• A bibliography of books in English on Nazi propaganda. I also keep a list of general books on Nazism.
• The GPA Blog: Brief notes on additions to the site (begun March 2008).
• False Nazi Quotations: Things never said, but widely quoted.
• Visitor’s Guide to German Archives and Libraries: Just getting started.
• Publications by Randall Bytwerk (Mostly related to German propaganda).
• The History of Der Stürmer, A chapter from my book on Streicher’s rhetoric.
• Papers on The Eternal Jew: By historian Stig Hornshøj-Møller.
• A developing page on Signal, a Nazi propaganda magazine for foreigners.
• German Newsreel Archive: In German, but a great source of newsreels.
• Simplicissimus on-line: The full text of the satirical magazine, 1896-1944.
• Third Reich in Ruins: A site for architecture fans.
• Leni Riefenstahl: Good links on the maker of Triumph of the Will.
• The International Military Tribunal: The records of the Nuremberg trials.
• John Conway’s newsletter: Mostly on German church history.
• German Propaganda Book Shop: Original books from the Nazi era for sale.

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