WWII Propaganda Posters German and American Propaganda: Remember they were trying to accomplish two very different things…Germans were trying to justify war and rally people to their cause…Americans needed to convince and remind Americans of the evil of Nazism.
German All about saving Germany Plays on American iconography Religious symbolism
“Germany’s Liberation”
“Death to Lies”
“Enough! Vote Hitler”
“Work and Food”
(Note religious imagery)
American Also has religious symbolism Uses fear tactics Uses patriotism