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Giftpilz (translated into English as The Poisonous Mushroom) and The Poodle-Pug-<br />

Dachshund-Pincher were widely circulated (over 100,000 copies of Don't Trust A<br />

Fox... were circulated during the late 1930s) and contained depictions of Jews as devils,<br />

child molesters and other morally charged figures. Slogans such as "Judas the Jew<br />

betrayed Jesus the German to the Jews" were recited in class.The following is an<br />

example of a propagandistic math problem recommended by the National Socialist<br />

Essence of Education: "The Jews are aliens in Germany—in 1933 there were<br />

66,606,000 inhabitants in the German Reich, of whom 499,682 (.75%) were Jews."<br />

________<br />

Disinformation<br />

Disinformation is false information spread deliberately to deceive.<br />

The English word disinformation is a loan translation of the<br />

Russian dezinformatsiya, derived from the title of a KGBblack<br />

propaganda department. Joseph Stalin coined the term, giving it a French-sounding<br />

name to claim it had a Western origin. Russian use began with a "special disinformation<br />

office" in 1923. Disinformation was defined in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1952) as<br />

"false information with the intention to deceive public opinion". Operation<br />

INFEKTION was a Soviet disinformation campaign to influence opinion that the U.S.<br />

invented AIDS. The U.S. did not actively counter disinformation until 1980, when a fake<br />

document reported that the U.S. supported apartheid.<br />

The word disinformation did not appear in English dictionaries until the late-<br />

1980s. English use increased in 1986, after revelations that the Reagan<br />

Administration engaged in disinformation against Libyan leader Muammar<br />

Gaddafi.[9] By 1990 it was pervasive in U.S. politics;[10] and by 2001 referred generally<br />

to lying and propaganda.<br />

Etymology and Early Usage<br />

The English word disinformation, which did not appear in dictionaries until the late-<br />

1980s, is a translation of the<br />

Russian дезинформация, transliterated as dezinformatsiya.[2][6][1]Where misinformati<br />

on refers to inaccuracies that stem from error, disinformation is deliberate falsehood<br />

promulgated by design.[4] Misinformation can be used to define disinformation—when<br />

known misinformation is purposefully and intentionally disseminated. Front groups are a<br />

form of disinformation, as they fraudulently mislead as to their actual<br />

controllers. Disinformation tactics can lead to blowback, unintended negative problems<br />

due to the strategy, for example defamation lawsuits or damage to<br />

reputation.[14]Disinformation is primarily prepared by government intelligence agencies.<br />

Usage of the term related to a Russian tactical weapon started in 1923, when the<br />

Deputy Chairman of the KGB-precursor the State Political Directorate (GPU), Józef<br />

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