"All propaganda must be popular and adapted to the understanding of the least intelligent among those it seeks to reach", Adolf Hitler (The National World War Museum ). The Nazi German dictator used his power over the people using propaganda, ultimately creating a sense of hatred towards the Jews. After the First World War, the punishments of the League of Nations made Germany suffer. The Nazi Party ended up blaming the Jews for having a nationwide “scapegoat.” This hatred and prejudice against Jews is known as anti-Semitism. According to the Breman Museum, "the Nazi Party was one of the first political movements to fully exploit mass communications technologies: radio, recorded sound, film, and the printed word" (Breman Museum). By publishing books, distributing films, and campaigning against Jews, anti-Semitism grew rapidly, spreading throughout Germany. The Nazi Party often referred to the concept of a “people's community” in which all of Germany was “racially pure” (Issuu). They showed images of “pure,” blond workers, working to build a new society. This greatly pleased the demoralized people during Germany's defeat in World War I and the economic depression of the 1920s and 1930s. Hitler, along with Joseph Goebbels, used propaganda methods developed to repress Jews and spread anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism originates in the Middle Ages, when Christians believed that Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus. They were also accused of the ritual murder of Christian children in what were called blood libels. The main idea of ​​racial anti-Semitism was developed and presented by a philosopher named Joseph Arthur de Gobineau, explaining that the Je...... middle of paper ......pr. 2014."The Nuremberg racial laws." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Remembrance Council, n.d. Web. April 18, 2014."QUOTES FROM AXIS LEADERS:." The National World War II Museum. Convio and Web. 05 May 2014.McDougal Littell: History of the modern world: models of interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2003. Print."Arthur De Gobineau." Princeton University. Creative Commons and Web. May 5, 2014.Makow, Henry, Ph.D. ""Protocols of Zion" and the New World Order.""Protocols of Zion" and the New World Order. Np, 31 August 2003. Web. 05 May 2014. "The sources of anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism, News from the Middle East - SPME scholars for peace in the Middle East." SPME. The Filmmakers' Newsletter, n.d. Web. May 05, 2014."The University Press of Kentucky." - Title detail. University of Kentucky, nd Web. 05 May 2014.