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World War II Propaganda

The use of animal imagery in wartime propaganda to mobilize public support and diminish sympathy for Japanese Americans.

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How was the Lidice massacre used in Allied propaganda and at the Nuremberg Trials?

The annihilation of Lidice on 10 June 1942 was seized by the Allies as a vivid, almost indisputable exemplar of Nazi brutality and used repeatedly in wartime publicity and in postwar prosecutions; Naz...

Feb 6, 2026

What historical examples show how animal imagery has been used as racist propaganda in American politics?

has been a deliberate tool in racist propaganda used to dehumanize targeted groups—portraying Black people as apes or brutes, Asians as vermin or animals, and immigrant groups as rats or pests—to just...