Taking a Stand

If I were any of the situations in the reading, I would choose to not be mean to Jews. I personally think that Jews are normal people, not country ruiner or anything like that. They are part of a community that I think should be accepted in. I would have chosen not to throw stones at Jews. I think that if I knew anyone that was Jewish I would help them but in a secret way. I think that I wouldn't have the courage to do it publicly since the penalty is so dangerous.

Propaganda and analyzing visual images

Propaganda is advertisements that are normally shown to the public in paper or in a poster, they try and convince or inform people of something. Hitler and the Nazi party used it so extensively because Adolf Hitler believed that propaganda was a really good way to get to the people in Germany. He also thought that the visuals would help people belive in the party and in it's ideas.

Analyzing Visual Images

In the picture there is a picture of a family. The family looks very cheerful and very healthy. Also the faces of the people are illuminated and very shiny. I think that what the propaganda is trying to say is that if parents are healthy children will be healthy too. I think that this propaganda is trying to tell people that they should be healthy. I estimate that this might have to do with either diseases that were going around at that time or maybe it has to do with races and maybe Hitler didn't think that Jews or Gypsies were "healthy people". I think that the purpose of the image is to say that if you aren't healthy you should have children. i think that the image does achieve its purpose since I think that the message is quite direct and the picture represents it to.

Where do they stand?

I think that Wilhelm Schultz would vote for the Nazi party. This is because he is against the treaty since thanks to it know he leaves in Poland. He also clearly says " he is dismayed that his government signed the treaty". The Nazi party is against the treaty and if Wilhelm votes them the treaty will not be completed. Also he has been "taught to admire Germany's heroes, some of fought the Poles." In the Nazi's party program there is a idea that says: " German blood as a requirement for German citizenship". So he also worries about the Communists. The Nazi party is a enemy of Communists.These are all of the reasons of why I think Wilhelm would vote for the Nazi party.

If I had to pick out two of the most unfair Nazi's party program I would pick:

4) German blood as a requirement for German citizenship. No Jew can be a member of the nation.

I think that this is a very unfair idea because it shows racism and I think that it is very unfair because I think that everyone has a right to have a German citizenship. I also think that the Nazi party shouldn't think that Jews are inferior and that the can never be German because of this.

7) The state insures that every citizen live decently and earn his livelihood. If it is imposible to provide food for the whole population , then aliens must be expelled.

I think that this also a very unfair idea since it is excluding people by there nationality and there race. I think that everyone has a right to get food and that nobody should have a special preference.

If I was in the situation of the story " Voices in the Dark" I would probably just stay quiet. I think that even thought I would like to defend my religion I think that if I didn't wan't to get into trouble. Luckily I have never been in such violent situation.