Transcript Hitler`s Third Reich

Hitler’s Third Reich
Nazi Fascism in Germany
1933-1945
ADOLPH HITLER
Why did they follow him?
Understanding Nazi
Propaganda
THE MASTER MIND
Josef Goebbels
Minister of Propaganda
NAZI PROPAGANDA GOALS
• To create a German nationalistic
spirit based on invincibility and
superiority.
• To create a “scapegoat” for all of
Germany’s misfortunes.The Jews
REMEMBER...
• APPEAL TO THE EMOTIONS,
DO NOT USE REASON OR
LOGIC
• DEVELOP THE “GROUP
MENTALITY”, THEN
LEAD…MASS MANIPULATION
• “LIE BIG AND OFTEN ENOUGH,
AND THEY WILL BELIEVE…”
How did they do it?
The “Means” to the End...
THE ARTS
• Posters
• Political Cartoons
• Film
• Grand Architecture
• Fine Art
Propaganda poster advertising the anti-semitic film "Der ewige
Jude" (The Wandering Jew). Germany, ca. 1940.
Fine Art
Public Displays
• Parades and Uniforms
• Air Shows
• 1936 Olympic Games
The last of the runners who carried the Olympic torch from
Olympia, Greece, arrives in Berlin to light the Olympic Flame,
marking the start of the of the 11th Summer Olympic Games.
Berlin, Germany, August 1, 1936.
1936 Nuremburg Rally
New Products
VOLKSWAGON
The “People’s Car”
Appeal to the Youth
• Nazi youth groups--Hitler’s Youth
and Bund Deutcher Moedel
• Special uniforms and youth rallies
and parades
• NAZI toys
• Media sessions with the children
Appeal to the Youth
The collection of toys and figurines show the extent of
Nazi influence in the German culture.
Propaganda
AGAINST THE
“SCAPEGOATS”
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JEWS
COMMUNISTS
BLACKS
SLAVS
• ANY ONE THAT
HITLER DEEMED
“INFERIOR” OR
“DANGEROUS TO
THE THIRD REICH”
WATCH NOW...
Would you have believed the
propaganda and followed
him?