Kraft durch Furcht

[jeffhan373]

Anyone have any interesting examples of "Kraft durch Furcht" propaganda they can post? This refers mostly to late 1944/45 propaganda which terrified the Germans with what would await them should the war be lost. Goebbels began to really exploit this theme after the conduct of the Red Army at Nemmersdorf in October 1944, and some of the examples I've seen thus far are pretty bad, both ones directed at the Russians and the Western Allies as well....

Sample newspaper showing this theme attached....

Thanks!

[Mil-Archive]

I think the BDM & rad-wj at Neustettin would be another one to look out for - along side the much earlier Katyn ones. I read on axis history once that later in the war the wehrmacht warcrimes mechanisms broke down & most red army atrocities could not be properly investigated. Also the chances of territory being re-taken fell away so much of it was not investigated at the time nor since.