The Soviet Paradise

The Soviet Paradise (German original title "Das Sowjet-Paradies") 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-bolshevik rule and thus to justify the war against the Soviet Union.

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, that only caused little damage. At least 33 people were executed. A short propaganda film was created to supplement the exhibition.