Typhus Infestations

Photo by EnglishAnswerMan

Description

The picture above shows a bloody, disease ridden louse infesting a eyeless, human skull. The lice, according to the caption, represents Jews, and the skull represents all man kind. If you read the caption, you see that lice cause typhus, therefore Jews spread typhus. The lice seems to be eating away at the non Jewish person and it seems that the blood on it's shell could possibly show that this bug has had plenty of victims. Also, the size of the lice dominates the human head and shows empowerment and the act that Jews are causing great harm to the rest of the world, even death. 

Message 

The message this propaganda poster seems to be spreading is the idea that Jews are so deadly to Earth that they should be exterminated, just like the real bugs are. Also the caption states that "Jews are lice; they cause typhus." This is a false statement, being that Jews aren't literal insects and pests, and that typhus isn't just caused by a human. Another thing is that seeing how the "victim" only has one eye it seems like the bug came in with a blind attack and that the non- Jewish person had no idea what had happened and that they are innocent.

Propaganda Technique #1: Emotion

If anyone saw this picture the first thing that would probably come to mind is fear. From the thin, skinless, eyeless skull to the creepy, bloody louse, you just get goosebumps. Also the pincers are obnoxiously large and it brings on disgust. Also this picture shows a Jew killing an innocent non-Jew easily and then seemingly moving on to the next victim. I also get really scared when I see this because I do not like bugs at all, and if a bug is strong enough to kill a human, I don't like it even more. I definitely have mixed emotions about this piece of propaganda.

Propaganda Technique #2: BIG!

I think there is huge exaggeration to all the propaganda that was made. Obviously, one Jew couldn't possibly wipe out an entire nation and destroy all man kind. It's just not possible and I won't let that go unnoticed. I mean, unless they were a psycho dictator with a grudge or something, but that was Hitler's job, so they couldn't possibly. Also, they make it seem that only non-Jewish people get typhus, but Jewish people got typhus just as well. 

I think the propaganda made about the Jewish people is so inaccurate and so harsh. That is the point of propaganda, true, but who thought of this? "Oh, my son died of typhus and he had a Jewish coworker, so the  Jew did it! Let's call them lice!" It is the most disgusting thing ever.