Parole der Woche was a wall newspaper published by the Reichspropagandaleitung der NSDAP from 1937 to 1944. Historian Jeffrey Herf describes it as ‘the most ubiquitous and intrusive aspect of Nazism’s visual offensive’
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Parole der Woche was a wall newspaper published by the Reichspropagandaleitung der NSDAP from 1937 to 1944. Historian Jeffrey Herf describes it as ‘the most ubiquitous and intrusive aspect of Nazism’s visual offensive’ Around 125,000 poster-size copies were printed of each issue and posted in \”every imaginable public place\”, such that according to Herf, people in Germany could not avoid seeing it. The posters were designed to be read by multiple people simultaneously from a distance of a few feet and used colors and graphics to attract, even compel, attention.
Around one-third of the posters from 1941 to 1943 expressed antisemitism. Six issues dealt with Germany Must Perish! and the supposed Jewish-Allied intention to exterminate the German population. In 1944, Allied aircraft distributed a leaflet about German victory: Blow upon blow the German Armed Forces are pounding our enemies on land, on the sea and in the air!
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