Groups that were considered weak-minded and easily influenced such as women and children were also targeted. The women targeted were usually housewives (Welch) and several women"s groups which were part of the Nazi party sprung up to show their support. The youth were also affected greatly by the Nazis because younger people are easily persuaded and do not have as much tradition and as many strong ideas like that of the older generations. Nazi youth organizations were then formed later on. The Nazis targeted even the smallest children with board games such as the "Stutkos Attack" (Bytwerk). The Nazis also had groups that they disliked that were attacked by their propaganda. The main group of people that were hated and shown in propaganda was Jews. Hitler was very anti-Semitic and in even some of the earliest propaganda, anti-Semitism was shown (Taylor, p62). Farmers were influenced to hate the Jews by posters that perceived Jews overseeing the seizure of the farmer"s cows (Taylor, p82). Another way the Nazis got Germans to dislike the Jews was showing them with the Versailles Treaty which some still had hard feelings about (Taylor, p72). The Nazis wanted to show that every Jew was to blame because they were together as a group, loyal only to each other and not to Germany (Rees, p171). The Nazi party didn"t only have Jews attacked in their propaganda, but had communist as well. Posters would show communists burning German farms, sabotaging the railways, storing arms and murdering their opponents (Taylor, p104). The attacks of groups influenced the German people to believe in the Nazi"s ideas, thus people would have similar ideas to the Nazis. Organizations in Germany helped the Nazis get their ideas and propaganda to as many people as possible. Media, youth and other groups organized rallies, parades, and events plus used their power and connections to get the Nazi ideas out there.
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