This is Nazi Brutality

This is Nazi Brutality

American propaganda in World War 2

[ID: Poster of a man in handcuffs with head covered by a sack in front of a brick wall. Across the poster reads, "This is Nazi Brutality: Radio Berlin – it is officially announced – al men of lidice – Czechoslovakia – have been shot: the women deported to a concentration camp: the children sent to appropriate centers – the name of the village was immediately abolished 6/11/45115p" /end ID]

Analysis
Deliberate: premeditated
Systemic: part of a methodical and regular campaign by the American government and media   
Attempt: perceptual, cognitive, behavioral 
Shaping Perceptions: language ("Nazi brutality" "shot" "deported" "women" "children" "abolished"), image (prisoner)
Achieve a Response: negative perception and sentiment towards Nazi Germany

Shahn, Ben. This is Nazi Brutality. Poster. United States: 1942. United States Office of War Information. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/194744/this-is-nazi-brutality.

Image

843x1137