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Rise of National Socialism, Nazi Propaganda and the Nazi Party

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RG-05.01, Publications, Albums and Essays

RG-05.02, National Socialism, official Documents

RG-05.03, Communications between Nazi Party's agencies

RG-05.04,  Nazi Artifacts

RG-05.05, Documentary films about National Socialism from the USHMM Archive

RG-05.06, Postcards and photographs, the period of National Socialist regime

RG-05.07, Lyle S. Bettger Collection, posters



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Title: Rise of National Socialism, Nazi Propaganda and the Nazi Party, 1933-1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Predominant Dates:1920s -- 1942

ID: RG-05/RG-05

Primary Creator: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei

Other Creators: Bettger, Lyle S., Nazi Party

Extent: 0.0

Arrangement:

The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by subject/creator, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.

Record group is comprised of seven collections: 1. Collection of Nazi propaganda books and essays; 2. Collection of prewar official documents; 3. Collection of communications; 4. Collection of Nazi artifacts; 5. Collection of Nazi and U.S. propaganda films; 6. Collection of Nazi photographs and postcards; 7. Lyle S. Bettger collection.

Subjects: Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President, Anti-Jewish atrocities in Nazi Germany, 1933 -- 1939, Anti-Jewish atrocities in Nazi Germany, 1933 -- 1939, photographs, Antisemitic caricatures, German, Antisemitic publications, German, Antisemitism in Germany, Antisemitism in Germany, photo-documents, 1920s-- 1945, Correspondence between Nazi-German agencies, Documents in German language, Germany (1933 -- 1939), Interwar Germany (1919 -- 1939), Leadership of the NSDAP, Narratives in German language, National Socialism, theory and regime, National Socialist German Workers' Party, National Socialist movement, Germany and Austria, National Socialist Propaganda, Nazi anti-Jewish measures and legislations, Nazi anti-Jewish propaganda, Nazi German security agencies, SA, 1938, Nazi Germany, army, individual identification documents, 1933 -- 1945, Nazi Germany, public and sports organizations, 1933 -- 1945, Nazi Germany, public and sports organizations, artifacts, 1933 -- 1945, NSDAP (Nazi Party) symbols and decorations, Photo-documents, Nazi Germany, 1933 -- 1945, Photo-documents, Weimar Republic, 1919 -- 1939, Wannsee Conference, Weimar Republic, 1919 -- 1933, Weimar Republic, German police, Weimir Republic, police forces

Languages: German, English

Abstract

Largely, the documents and artifacts of this record groups reflect the rise of National Socialism in Germany before and after 1933. Collectively these collections relate to the National Socialism as extreme nationalism and provide historical context for unerstanding the nature of Nazi Germany in post-Weimar period.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This record group contains prewar and wartime Nazi propaganda materials. These records illustrate the various facets of Nazi propaganda over the period when the Nazi movement was rising to power and at a period when the National Socialist Party had become the only ruling and leading force in Germany. Nazi propagandistic materials differ by content and form. For example, there are documents and artifacts of extremely nationalistic and pro-German character. The other group of documents comprises of anti-Semitic and anti-Allied materials related to the wartime period.

The record group and its collections comprise of leaflets, booklets, postcards, Nazi Part publications, and other Nazi ideological materials.  The postcards and publications are authentic, and the photographs are prints from the originals. Materials are digitized.

Collection Historical Note

The materials comprised in these collections introduce the theory and mundane experience of National Socialism as it was seen by its ideologist and by ordinary Germans

Subject/Index Terms

Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President
Anti-Jewish atrocities in Nazi Germany, 1933 -- 1939
Anti-Jewish atrocities in Nazi Germany, 1933 -- 1939, photographs
Antisemitic caricatures, German
Antisemitic publications, German
Antisemitism in Germany
Antisemitism in Germany, photo-documents, 1920s-- 1945
Correspondence between Nazi-German agencies
Documents in German language
Germany (1933 -- 1939)
Interwar Germany (1919 -- 1939)
Leadership of the NSDAP
Narratives in German language
National Socialism, theory and regime
National Socialist German Workers' Party
National Socialist movement, Germany and Austria
National Socialist Propaganda
Nazi anti-Jewish measures and legislations
Nazi anti-Jewish propaganda
Nazi German security agencies, SA, 1938
Nazi Germany, army, individual identification documents, 1933 -- 1945
Nazi Germany, public and sports organizations, 1933 -- 1945
Nazi Germany, public and sports organizations, artifacts, 1933 -- 1945
NSDAP (Nazi Party) symbols and decorations
Photo-documents, Nazi Germany, 1933 -- 1945
Photo-documents, Weimar Republic, 1919 -- 1939
Wannsee Conference
Weimar Republic, 1919 -- 1933
Weimar Republic, German police
Weimir Republic, police forces

Administrative Information

Repository: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Access Restrictions: No restrictions

Use Restrictions:

Copyrighted materials, credits to and references to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust are required

Digital copies might be available upon request

Preferred Citation: RG-05, Nazi Propaganda and the Nazi Party. Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Archive.

Processing Information: Materials are primarily described using the local descriptive standards of the LA Museum of the Holocaust.


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Browse by Sub-Collection:

[Sub-Collection 1: RG-05.01, Publications, Albums and Essays, 1922 -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 2: RG-05.02, National Socialism, official Documents, 1920s -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 3: RG-05.03, Communications between Nazi Party's agencies, 1920s -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 4: RG-05.04,  Nazi Artifacts, 1933 -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 5: RG-05.05, Documentary films about National Socialism from the USHMM Archive, 1933 -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 6: RG-05.06, Postcards and photographs, the period of National Socialist regime, 1933 --1945],
[Sub-Collection 7: RG-05.07, Lyle S. Bettger Collection, posters, 1934],
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Sub-Collection 5: RG-05.05, Documentary films about National Socialism from the USHMM Archive, 1933 -- 1945Add to your cart.
This collection includes National Socialist propaganda and atrocities filmed by the German and Allied filmmakers
Subject/Index Terms:
Nazi party rallies, Nuernberg, 1933
National Socialism, theory and regime
Nazi atrocities
anti-Jewish measures and legislations
Creators:
Steven Spielberg Film Video Archive at the USHMM (1933 -- 1945)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-05.05.01, Hitler Speech, english translation, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

An excerpt from the documentary Memory of the Camps. Hitler speaks to a German crowd and the crowd cheers and salutes.  Hilter leaves the podium and drives through the streets-Hitler's motorcade.

Provenance: USHMM

Title: Memory of the Camps

Location: Germany

Language: German

Date: 1945

Duration: 00:02:42

Subject/Index Terms:
Nazi atrocities
Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President
Nazi party rallies, Nuernberg, 1933
Creators:
Trevor Howard (1945)
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive at USHMM (1945)
Libraries and Museums, Public Domain
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-05.05.02, Nazi Antisemitic Rallies, 1933, 1933Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

An excerpt of the documentary titled The Nazi Plan. The footage is of Goebbels addressing a crowd on April 1, 1933 for the "Opening of the Official Anti-semitic Campaign."

Provenance: USHMM

Title: The Nazi Plan

Location: Berlin, Germany

Language: German

Date: April 1st, 1933

Duration: 00:02:39

Subject/Index Terms:
Goebbels, Josef
Nazi party rallies, Nuernberg, 1933
Antisemitism
Creators:
E.R. Kellogg (director)
Steven Spielberg Film Video Archive at the USHMM (1933 -- 1945)
Libraries and Museums, Public Domain
Transit Film (German State Archive)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-05.05.03, US made revealing film about Nazi rise to power, narrated, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

A US propaganda film revealing the Nazis' rise to power.  The excerpt includes the Weimar Republic in session, Hitler and other high ranking members of the Nazi party, Nazi riots, book burnings, rallies, and Hitler's installation as Chancellor. The film is narrated.

Provenance: USHMM

Title: Here is Germany

Location: Germany

Language: English

Date: 1945

Duration: 00:08:47

Subject/Index Terms:
Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President
Nazi rise to power
Creators:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive at USHMM (1945)
Libraries and Museums, Public Domain
Army Signal Corps, United States Army
Frank Capra and Anatole Litvak (directors)

Browse by Sub-Collection:

[Sub-Collection 1: RG-05.01, Publications, Albums and Essays, 1922 -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 2: RG-05.02, National Socialism, official Documents, 1920s -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 3: RG-05.03, Communications between Nazi Party's agencies, 1920s -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 4: RG-05.04,  Nazi Artifacts, 1933 -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 5: RG-05.05, Documentary films about National Socialism from the USHMM Archive, 1933 -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 6: RG-05.06, Postcards and photographs, the period of National Socialist regime, 1933 --1945],
[Sub-Collection 7: RG-05.07, Lyle S. Bettger Collection, posters, 1934],
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