Gräuelpropaganda

German

Alternative forms

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
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