World War I hate-propaganda films drew record crowds in US cities

Evidence

Keeping the final solution' a secret did not succeed. But the news about it was usually not believedand it was believed as little abroad as it was by the Jews who were themselves affected by it. There were reservations in the Ministry of Information in England about spreading news of this sort: experience with the atrocity propaganda in the First World War showed that this kind of material would be dismissed as a concocted horror story. Another fear was that reports about the annihilation of the Jews in countries occupied by the Germans would lead to a revival of anti-Semitism at home. — <cite>Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1481</cite> (#expands`, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: World War I forced the first systematic state-run propaganda campaigns. — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 127; World War I propaganda reached 134 million Americans via volunteer speakers — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 158; Flimsy hate propaganda shifts attitudes even when denounced by authorities (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Flimsy hate propaganda shifts attitudes even when denounced by authorities #corroborates (0.90)
• World War One atrocity propaganda made the Holocaust’s truth widely disbelieved #expands (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1481