propaganda in Nazi Germany

Do u know who is Joseph Goebbels ?

Master propagandist of the Nazi regime and dictator of its cultural

life for twelve years, Joseph Goebbels was born into a strict
Catholic, working-class family from Rheydt, in the Rhineland, on
29 October 1897. He was educated at a Roman Catholic school and
went on to study history and literature at the University of
Heidelberg under Professor Friedrich Gundolf, a Jewish literary
historian renowned as a Goethe scholar and a close disciple of the
poet Stefan George
During World War II relations between Hitler and Goebbels became more
intimate, especially as the war situation deteriorated and the Minister of
Propaganda encouraged the German people to ever greater efforts
Propaganda within Nazi Germany was taken to a new and frequently
perverse level. Hitler was very aware of the value of good
propaganda and he appointed Joseph Goebbels as head of
propaganda.
Goebbels official title was Minister of Propaganda and National
Enlightenment.
. The Nazis controlled film production

Films released to the public concentrated on certain issues : the Jews; the
greatness of Hitler; the way of life for a true Nazi especially children, and as
World War Two approached, how badly Germans who lived in countries in
Eastern Europe were treated. Leni Riefenstahl was given a free hand in
producing Nazi propaganda films. A young film producer, she had impressed
Hitler with her ability. It was Riefenstahl who made "Triumph of Will" - considered
one of the greatest of propaganda films despite its contents.

real situation:
to ensure nobody in Germany could read or see anything that was
hostile or damaging to the Nazi Party.
to ensure that the views of the Nazis were put across in the most
persuasive manner possible.
Goebbels had to work with the SS and Gestapo and Albert Speer.
The former hunted out those who might produce articles defamatory
to the Nazis and Hitler while Speer helped Goebbels with public
displays of propaganda.
Goebbels set up the Reich Chamber of Commerce in 1933.
To produce anything that was in these groups, you had to be a
member of the Reich Chamber. any
work not approved is Disobedience brought with it severe
punishments. Nazi Germany introduced a system of
censorship.

Hitler came to power in January 1933. By May 1933, the Nazi Party
felt sufficiently strong to publicly demonstrate where their beliefs were
going when Goebbels organised the first of the infamous book
"Where one burns books, one eventually burns people" commented
the author Brecht.
What was seen in the cinemas was controlled. "Hitlerjunge Quex" was made in
1933. This film told the story of a boy brought up in a communist family in
Germany who broke away from this background, joined the Hitler Youth and was
murdered by the Communists in Germany for doing so. "The Eternal Jew" was a
film that vilified the Jews - comparing the Jews in Europe to a hoard of rats,
spreading disease etc. "Tarzan" films were banned because the Nazis frowned
on so little clothing being worn especially by women. One film that celebrated the
might of the German Navy was not screened as it showed a drunken German
sailor. However, the cinemas were not full of serious films with a political
message. Goebbels ordered that many comedies should be made to give
Germany a 'lighter' look.
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The ensure that everybody could hear Hitler speak, Goebbels organised the sale
of cheap radios. these were called the "People's Receiver" and they cost only 76
marks. A smaller version cost just 35 marks.