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Anti-Jewish Propaganda & Nazi Policy
From 1933 to 1939, Nazi Germany officially pursued openly anti-Jewish policies that evolved from segregation to forced emigration. In support of these goals, Nazi propagandists played on existing negative stereotypes and denounced Jews as an "alien," "parasitic" presence responsible for Germany's cultural, political, and economic "degeneration." To Nazi minds, "the Jews" represented the polar opposite of the culturally creative "Aryan" Germans. Only their removal would permit the Third Reich to thrive.
While many Germans shunned this propaganda, just as most disapproved of the increasing anti-Jewish violence, dislike of Jews extended far beyond Nazi Party stalwarts. The majority of Germans at least passively accepted the discrimination against Jews. |