Hitler's Propaganda Machine: A Bison Book

by Ward Rutherford

Reproduces and gathers together the photographs, posters, magazines, and newspapers produced by Hitler's Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment, revealing the horrors and tragic success of the Nazi brainwashing campaign

192 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1978

Reviews

[Astor Teller · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like this book mostly for the vast amount of photographies and also re-introducing (not intended by the author as this book was published in 1978) aspects and characters that has been lost in time. The text itself made me lose focus, but the chapters are theme based so it was easy to get back on track after straying.

There were some tidbits that I didn’t know about, such as the German Propaganda Companies (companies made up of journalists and newsmen) that were used to convey coverage to the public and were initially more successful than the allies’ use of reporters and journalists. And also that Goebbels used the term iron curtain already in 1945 (a term which Churchill made famous).

[Neil Crowle · Rating 4 out of 5]

While this book went into the topic in detail and was obviously well researched, I noticed no citing of reference sources beyond the bibliography. The author lived in Europe during the war period and included reflections on personal experience. The work was not entirely objective history as there were some negative personal opinions and comments appearing in it from time to time.

[Jitesh Sharma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was totally justified in saying “We learn from history that we do not learn from history.” This time propaganda machine is well oiled and technically more advanced, like the latest edition of a book and people are again falling prey to that. I think, there is something fundamentally wrong with us humans.