Hitler put Josef Goebbels in charge of Nazi propaganda [Propaganda: A type of advertising for an idea or cause, produced by supporters or opponents of that idea or cause. It is usually produced to influence how the people of a nation think. ]. Methods of campaigning that the Nazis used in the 1920s included radio, mass rallies, newspapers (eg 'Der Sturmer'), Hitler's speeches, and posters.
The Nazis used crude slogans to introduce these ideas and to make them appeal to the ordinary people of Germany.
Poster 1: Unemployed people
Poster 2: Mothers and women
Poster 3: Racists (the picture shows a fat Jewish employer controlling German workers' lives)
Poster 4: Rich people (because they feared that the Communists would nationalise their farms and factories)
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