3. Look at source 3. Drawing by Richard Ziegler entitled “Unhappy-looking uniformed Hitler” 1944-1945, produced by the Ministry of Information responsible for publicity and propaganda in the Second World War. It also controlled news and press censorship; home publicity; and overseas publicity in Allied and neutral countries.
- What impression of Hitler does the picture give you?
- How has the artist created this impression?
- The government paid the artist to produce this picture. What instructions do you think the artist was given by the government?
- Can the picture be considered as reliable evidence of what Hitler was like?
- Does the drawing provide an accurate impression of Hitler as leader of Germany in 1944-45? [Clue: Refer to events during the Second World War at that time]