MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE IMAGE OF RUSSIA AND RUSSIANS IN PROPAGANDA OF NATIONAL SOCIALISTS (Glówne cechy obrazu Rosji i Rosjan w propagandzie narodowych socjalistów)

• Authors: Dmitrow Edmund
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Three issues have been emphasized in the image of Russia and Russians propagated by national socialists: (1) Roots in German way of thinking, (2) Using stereotypes and treating like objects, (3) Innovation in the way of promulgation. The first aspect concerns a several hundred years old tradition of thinking about Russia in Germany, which assumed presenting it as anti-Germany. These old notions provided Adolf Hitler with material to build a Nazi image of Russia. The second aspect includes analysis of efforts carried out on image of Russia and Russians in the Nazi propaganda, so that it can have specific functions: substantiating of the Third Reich policy, as well as fulfilling psychological needs of the German nation. The description has been brought down to stereotypes of enemy and slave, built as a contrast towards idealized auto stereotype of Germans. The third aspect refers to using scientific achievements (psychology, theory of propaganda) and technical achievements (radio, film) by the Nazi propaganda apparatus.

Keywords

EN

IMAGE OF RUSSIA; IMAGE OF RUSSIANS; NAZI PROPAGANDA

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Journal: Pogranicze. Studia Społeczne
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 15
• Pages: 70-80
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dmitrow Edmund

• Edmund Dmitrow, Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku, Instytut Socjologii, pl. Uwersytecki 1, 15-420 Bialystok, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA06234