Forging Volksgemeinschaft: Industrial and Technological Imagery in Nazi Propaganda Posters

Aiden Martin
This paper answers a heretofore unasked question: What role do Nazi propaganda posters play in the broader ideological project of Volksgemeinschaft, particularly regarding the roles of industrial advancement as threatened by the anti-nation? Propaganda posters are used as a lens into how the regime depicted industrialization and technological advancement to support its racial and ideological goals. After the Nazi Party’s rise and consolidation of power, propaganda noticeably started to focus on