The Soviet Paradise
The Soviet Paradise was the name of an exhibition and a propaganda film, which was organized by the Reichspropagandaleitung of the NSDAP and was displayed in the big cities of the Reich and occupied countries: Vienna, Prague, Berlin and others. Its goal was to show "poverty, misery, depravity and need" of the nations in the Soviet Union under Jewish Bolshevist rule and thus to justify the war against the Soviet Union. The accompanying guide for the exhibition noted, "The present Soviet state is nothing other than the realization of that Jewish invention".
From 8 May to 21 June 1942 the exhibition was in the Lustgarten in Berlin and according to official information, 1.3 million people visited the show. On May 18 a Jewish-Communist resistance group called "Baum-Group" organized an arson attack, which caused only a small amount of damage. At least Herbert and Marianne Baum and over 30 other people were arrested and executed. A short propaganda film was created to supplement the exhibition.
