This was not only an extremely intelligent propaganda move, but also a ritual to generate general good public feeling toward those in need. One of the most famous of these was the Winter Relief program, where high ranking Nazis and common citizens both took to the streets to collect charity for the unfortunate. Nazi Germany had one of the largest public welfare programs in history, based on the philosophy that all Germans should share a standard of living. The picture above says “He does not devour it, it devours him!” The statistics of annual cigarette consumption per capita as of 1940 had Germany at only 749, while Americans smoked over 3,000. Several health organizations in Nazi Germany even began claiming that smoking heightened the risks of miscarriages by pregnant women, now a commonly known fact. There was also a high tobacco tax, and the supplies of cigarettes to the Wehrmacht were rationed. The Nazis banned smoking in restaurants and public transportation systems, citing public health, and severely regulated the advertising of smoking and cigarettes. While during the 1930s and 1940s, other anti-tobacco movements failed fantastically in other countries, it was taken seriously in Nazi Germany. Thus, he began one of the most expensive and effective tobacco movements throughout history. It is rumored that Adolf Hitler was so opposed to smoking in his later life that he couldn’t stand someone lighting up in the same room, and often felt obligated to object to it as a waste of money. The sign in the window says “Vivisection Forbidden”.
The above picture is a cartoon showing animals saved from vivisection saluting Hermann Goring. Until such time as punishment is pronounced the culprit shall be lodged in a concentration camp.” I have therefore announced the immediate prohibition of vivisection and have made the practice a punishable offense in Prussia. “An absolute and permanent ban on vivisection is not only a necessary law to protect animals and to show sympathy with their pain, but it is also a law for humanity itself…. Hermann Goring, who was established as the Prime Minister of Prussia, had this to say: This is, obviously, incredibly ironic as while on the one hand they defended the lives of brute animals, whilst on the other hand cruelly slaughtered Catholics, homosexuals, gypsies, and jews. Most current laws in Germany, and indeed the world, are derived from the laws put forth by the Nazi Party. High ranking Nazis such as Hermann Goring, Heinrich Himmler and Adolf Hitler were very concerned about animal conservation, particularly pertaining as to how animals were butchered. The measure to ban vivisection was a huge concern and was put forth to the Reichstag as early as 1927. Nazi Germany was the first country to ban vivisection in the world, enacting a total ban in April 1933.
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