These German pictures, destined for certain neutral countries, were intended to spread

Nazi propaganda.

But Dr. Gerber was tripped out badly.

Very badly.

Just a few months after their meetings with Ivy led better Lee, the Third Reich's propaganda

machine kicked into high gear.

Within a year they were at war, and using the techniques they'd learned from Lee and

others to cover up atrocities, and to sell the German public.

Not only on the war effort, but also on the existence and superiority of the Aryan race.

In the final months of World War II, that propaganda took a very Ivy-Lee style turn into

completely made up news stories about German wins in battles that had never even happened.

In those months, a young Jewish-American reporter was charged with analyzing and combating

those claims.

That man's name was Daniel Edelman.

Here he is remembering those days.

New and the psychological warfare thing was fascinating because we were upsetting the

claims made by the Germans.

That it's all lies.

I mean, we had to disclaim them.

Edelman would ultimately spend four years working in psychological warfare.

He became an expert on propaganda and how to combat it, and he put that expertise to work

for American industries.

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