Propaganda is the idea of spreading information in a misleading or controversial items(images, quotes, Ideas, speeches).
The piece of propaganda that I chose has a picture of a duck in overalls. The text on the picture translates to, " Shame on you chatterer! The enemy is listening. Silence is your duty." This piece of propaganda means that the government was telling the citizens that they had to be quiet for fear that their enemy is listening. I think that this piece of propaganda was aimed towards everybody, and that it was effective for them. Looking at it today, without the knowledge of how everyone felt during this time, i think that it isn't a really effective piece of propaganda but because of the circumstances and how no body wanted to go against the government, and because a lot of them grew up with the Nazi ways, it was most likely a powerful piece of propaganda back then. This piece of propaganda was most likely created to get the citizens afraid of speaking to much, they don't want to risk betraying their government because "the enemy is listening", so they stay quiet.
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