Hitler Figurines and Toy U-Boats: Nazi Children’s Propoganda

You’ve probably heard of the Hitler Youth, the youth wing of the Nazi Party, but there were many other ways that children were indoctrinated with far-right Nazi ideology including board games, toys, books, and magazines.

Make Do and Mend: World War II Fashion

Can you imagine going to the store and being told you can’t purchase something? Not because you can’t afford the item but because you aren’t allowed? In the United States and the United Kingdom during World War II (and in the UK for 9 years after), this was the reality for families. People were only […]

Dr. Seuss’s Political Cartoons of World War II

But before Dr. Seuss was Dr. Seuss the beloved children’s author, he was Theodor Seuss Geisel, political cartoonist. His work was published widely in places like The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post, and more. During World War II, he created over 400 political cartoons.