Gräuelpropaganda

German

Alternative forms

• Greuelpropaganda (pre-1996)

Etymology

From Gräuel (“atrocity”) +‎ Propaganda.

Noun

Gräuelpropaganda f (genitive Gräuelpropaganda, no plural)

1. atrocity propaganda (propaganda directed at an enemy by spreading exaggerated or falsified information about atrocities committed by that enemy)

   Synonym: Gräuelhetze

   Alliierte Berichte über deutsche Kriegsverbrechen wurden von der NS-Presse als schiere Gräuelpropaganda abgetan.

   Allied reports about German war crimes were dismissed by the Nazi press as sheer atrocity propaganda.

Descendants

• → Swedish: greuelpropaganda