As the German army continues to retreat on the Russian and African fronts, the Nazi propaganda machine has begun once again to center its activities around intensified anti-Jewish propaganda in the press and radio in an attempt to convince the German population that the Jews, especially those in the United States and Britain, are chiefly responsible for the present war and its consequences.
It was learned here today from a highly reliable source that a conference was held in Berlin last week at which methods of making the anti-Jewish propaganda more effective were discussed. The conference was attended by all star Nazi propagandists, including those engaged in broadcasting from Nazi stations to America in the English language.
As a result of this conference, the Nazi radio stations and the press in the Reich, as well as in the Nazi occupied countries, have resumed the old anti-Semitic line which had been “neglected” since the number of Jews in Germany became almost negligible, Prominent American Jews are being attacked in the broadcasts intended for the United States, while the broadcasts in the German language concentrate on frightening the Germans with stories of ” Jewish revenge” if they lose the war.
The signal for the increased anti-Jewish propaganda was given by Hitler in his New Year speech, one-fourth of which was devoted to abusing the Jews. Though this was the fifth time within a year that Hitler made almost the same remarks about the Jews, it was the first time that he devoted such a large proportion of an address to the Jews.
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