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Wochenspruch der NSDAP 11 January 1943

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Original – Wochenspruch der NSDAP was a Nazi wall newspaper which displayed quotations, mostly from Nazi leaders. It ran from 1937 to 1944, with around 450,000 copies printed each week to be posted in public places in Germany (source: [1], [2]). This edition prints a quote by Hermann Göring — translated: "We do not want to leave to our children and descendants what we can do ourselves." — along with an artistic rendition of him.
Reason
a striking image, high resolution and restored to remove aging damage, with high encyclopedic value in demonstrating the tactics of Nazi propaganda in glamorizing Nazi leaders
Articles in which this image appears
Wochenspruch der NSDAP, Nazi propaganda, Themes in Nazi propaganda
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
Werner von Axster-Heudtlass, restored and uploaded by Buidhe
  • Support as nominator – (t · c) buidhe 10:49, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment If this passes, it should be listed at Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Unused given this is literal Nazi propaganda. It's an interesting example of this, given that it depicts the bloated, lazy and incompetent Goring as a fit man of action. Nick-D (talk) 11:15, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'll also note that I can't support this nomination on principle given that it's propaganda for one of the most loathsome regimes in history and an ideology which still commands a following among racists and bigots - this this was to become a FP it could lead to a perception that Wikipedia approves of this kind of ideology. I appreciate that the motivation for improving this image is to illustrate what the highly effective propaganda tactics used by the Nazis looked like, and this is a much less loathsome example of their work than anti-Semitic and similar posters so there is genuine EV. An option for a FP, and I'm not sure how it could be executed, would be an image combining this poster with a photo of what Goring actually looked like at the time to illustrate how ludicrous and manipulative the poster is. Nick-D (talk) 22:53, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Propaganda art is OK in an article about it, but not for FP. --Janke | Talk 12:05, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – This pathetic preposterous piece of crap propaganda has zero minimal EV for Eng.-lang. readers, and does not belong on the Main Page. Wegwerfen. – Sca (talk) 13:14, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • Imagine if you spent hours restoring a historically valuable artwork, only to have it dismissed as a "pathetic piece of crap"? The image is used in three articles, so how does it have "zero EV"? (t · c) buidhe 13:47, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I've softened my comments above, but as a lifelong student of the rise of Nazism and attendant topics I see scant EV in a blatantly hagiographic, and inept, depiction of one of modern history's most contemptible figures. – Sca (talk) 14:48, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Unfortunately, it is also being promoted on the Commons right now, with much more votes in favor. --165.225.207.71 (talk) 08:59, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Did you note what I said: "Propaganda art is OK in an article about it"... As such, having this image on the front page would not entice viewers to read the article - it lacks the "wow" I expect from all FPs. --Janke | Talk 06:56, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Agree. – Sca (talk) 12:48, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I am really uneasy about putting Nazi propaganda on Wikipedia's front page. It is certainly educational, but... well, I think we should discuss the text blurb that will accompany this. Is it already drafted? The current caption here will need some changes, for example, we don't list sources/external links like this on the Main Page, do we? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:29, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – There is currently a debate [3] (or effort) in the U.S. on removing statues of confederate icons from public parks and squares and placing them in museums (or other suitable places). I think certain statues do belong in museums, not in public squares. I see somewhat of a similarity between that debate and this nom. Should images like this be confined to article space, or should they be given additional visibility outside of article space? My answer is: confined to article space. Bammesk (talk) 01:22, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Agree. Posting images of Nazi bigwigs or other despicable historical characters on the Main Page could be misconstrued as WP support/endorsement of their deeds or blather. – Sca (talk) 13:00, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • We shouldn't. Let them read about the topics in the multitudinous relevant articles. (And BTW, Lee wasn't in quite the same class as a Göring or, say, a Dzerzhinsky.) Sca (talk) 21:24, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:16, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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