Spreading Misinformation
This illustration came from a children’s book in the 1930s that was aimed at spreading rumors and misinformation about Jewish people to German children. This picture shows children in a classroom learning the ways to recognize the supposed physical characteristics of Jewish people, most notably, a large nose which they say in the picture resembles the number 6. With a focus on creating a “perfect” culture of Aryan brothers and sisters, the focus on “flawed” Jewish characteristics was important for establishing what type of “flaws” would not be accepted when Hitler eventually ruled the world. Thankfully this never came to pass.
