Propaganda vs Truth
Nazi propaganda was a bias form of media and advertisement used to convince the German public to support the Nazi party and Hitler. These posters romanticized Germans and blamed Jews for all of their problems. Nazi soldiers and Hitler were seen as strong, courageous fighters while Jews were seen as criminals and outcasts of society. The propaganda does not portray the death camps or ghettos the Jews were forced into, for they only showed the positive images or soldiers fighting for a cause. Spiegelman uses his chapter title pages as a way to mock these Nazi propaganda posters. He shows the truth of Hitler's motives in ways that the propaganda does not. While Nazi posters show soldiers fighting and people celebrating, Spiegelman's chapter covers show the horrors the Jews went through and their suffering. The difference between Nazi propaganda and Spiegelman's chapter covers is highlighted in the images shown above. Both show people marching, but each provides a very d