Hans Schweitzer known as Mjölnir, was an artist who produced many posters for the Nazi Party under Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...

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He was recruited to produce Nazi propaganda

Nazi propaganda

Propaganda, the coordinated attempt to influence public opinion through the use of media, was skillfully used by the NSDAP in the years leading up to and during Adolf Hitler's leadership of Germany...

 posters by Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. As one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers, he was known for his zealous oratory and anti-Semitism...

. The posters depicted crude but memorable caricatures of the NSDAP's opponents. He was named a professor in 1937, and became a "Reich Delegate for Artistic Expression" and chairman of the Reich Committee of Press Illustrators. Schweitzer survived the war and had a successful career in graphic arts.

In Teutonic mythology

Teutonic Mythology

Teutonic Mythology may refer to:*Continental Germanic mythology*Jacob Grimm's Deutsche Mythologie *Viktor Rydberg's Undersökningar i germanisk mythologi I...

, Mjölnir is the name of Thor

Thor

In Norse mythology, Thor is a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, and also hallowing, healing, and fertility...

's hammer.

Sources

• German Propaganda Archive