American Visual Propaganda in Occupied Germany
Cora Goldstein talked about America’s use of visual propaganda in Germany following victory in World War II.
Description
Cora Goldstein talks about America’s use of visual propaganda in Germany following victory in World War II.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Why did the U.S. move away from the idea of "collective guilt?"
- Describe the relationship the U.S. had with the Germans post WWII with regard to information control.
- Explain the factors that affected American policy in occupied Germany.
- Explain the origin and goal of the cartoon "The Brotherhood of Man." What was the outcome of the creation of this film?
- How did the Soviet Union portray the U.S. during this time?
- Explain the difficulty the U.S. had in crafting a positive message of itself for German consumption?
Participants
Vocabulary
- Allies
- Anthropologist
- Censorship
- Egalitarian
- Genocide
- Iconoclasm
- Jim Crow Laws
- Nazism
- President Harry Truman
- Propaganda
- Segregate
- Third Reich