The German Corpse Factory

UN resolutions against propaganda for war are helpful, but not sufficient. "Wars begin in the minds of men,” says the UNESCO Constitution and history shows that without proper engineering of the minds, some modern wars would have hardly been started and kept going on. Studying the history of the "Corpse factory” can teach people what goes to make up deceptive propaganda and how such propaganda works. It could sensitize them to detect it at an early stage and enable them to take counter-active steps in a timely way, especially with the possibilities offered today by social networks, such as Facebook or Twitter, and sophisticated mobile phones. "Propaganda thus exposed can be, it is our belief and hope, propaganda nullified.