Transcript Nazi Propaganda

Nazi control of people
Task: The Nazi Police State
Complete the handout using ALL of the following sources:
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Page 204 WJEC (left hand column)
White SHP Germany Text (pg. 80-81)
“The Police State” handout (2 pages)
Hitler’s Germany Orange Text (pg. 6 and 7)
1) Start with reading WJEC book and fill in any relevant information on handout
2) Read White SHP text and complete the handout for all four sections
3) Add to your handout with information from “The Police State” Handout
4) Add to your handout with information from the Orange Text.
Nazi Propaganda
Josef Goebbels,
1897-1945
 starter activity
Josef Goebbels was appointed as Minister for Popular Enlightenment. What do
you think this title really means? Why was this photo of Goebbels never
published during the Third Reich?
Goebbels with the ‘People’s Receiver’ radio
Goebbels with his wife Magda and family
Goebbels with his Mistress Lida Baarova (1914-2000)
Goebbels’ children were drugged and poisoned on 1st May
1945 – a day after the death of Hitler
Propaganda
Definition…
the organised spreading of information to
promote the views of a government or
movement with the intention of
persuading people to think or behave in a
certain way.
Your task
Josef Goebbels faced many problems
when he became Propaganda Chief. Read
about his problems on p.111.
 How would you resolve these
problems?
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Propaganda aims and methods?
Purpose of Propaganda
What methods did they use to try and
achieve this?
to strengthen support
for the Nazi Party and for
Hitler’s regime
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keep the population
content
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for Goebbels, to create
‘one single public opinion’
Hitler Myth
Control
over mass media in Germany
for example photographs, posters,
speeches, festivals, rallies etc. 
Ministry for Popular
Enlightenment and Propaganda
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to rebuild national
confidence.
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flexibility
– the party would
frequently change their policies to suit
each segment of the nation i.e.
economic policies for those hit by the
Great Depression.
Ministry for Public
Enlightenment and
Propaganda
Minister…
Task…
Control…
Joseph Goebbels
To spread…
‘enlightenment and
propaganda within the
population concerning
policy of the Reich
government and the
national reconstruction of
the German Fatherland’.
Dissemination of
information:
Newspapers, broadcasting,
art, literature, film, sport
etc!!
Task: Nazi Propaganda
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Use pages 18-19 of the Orange Hitler’s
Germany textbook
Can you find the questions to go with
the answers you have been given?
The Apprentice
Your group will be given one
aspect of Nazi propaganda. You
need to convince Goebbels to
invest in your aspect as a
means of propaganda. Why is it
so good?
2. You will have up to one minute
to pitch your ‘product’ – you
need to explain why it was the
most effective way of
controlling how people thought
and acted.
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Page 112-115
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Newspapers
Films
Radio
Festivals
Culture
The Apprentice
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Which group will be
hired?
Which method was the
most effective?
Task to begin / Complete for
homework: Nazi Propaganda
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Page 112-115.
Complete the handout: “How did
Goebbels and the Nazis use
propaganda?”
UTILIZE THE
FOLLOWING SLIDES
FOR REVISION!!
Dr. Joseph Goebbels
Motto: “Any lie, frequently
repeated, will gradually gain
acceptance.”
“We want to work on
people until they have
capitulated to us, until
they grasp ideologically
that what is happening
in Germany today is not
an end in itself but a
means to an end”.
"The essence of
propaganda
consists in
winning people
over to an idea so
sincerely, so
vitally, that in the
end they succumb
to it utterly and
can never escape
from it."
Goebbels…. Mastermind of the Third
Reich?
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German support rested upon the maintenance of Goebbels’ Hitler
Myth.
Included many modern techniques in his campaign such as the
radio which was frequently used and attracted a wider support base
for the Nazi Party.
Propaganda through the radio and the media meant that negative
events such as Kristallnacht were able to be disguised and twisted
to the Parties’ advantage.
Goebbels had the ability to play with the German people’s emotions,
for example, the Hitler Myth and the effect of it on German people,
especially at rallies and speeches delivered by Hitler.
He went further then just following Nazi ideas as he played on the
emotions of the German people to alter the way they think, to
commit to the regime and adopt the ideology such as
Volksgemienschaft.
The Hitler Myth
Made Hitler a leader which German people
could easily identify with… a friend of the
workers whilst shown digging soil for new
motorways, a father-like figure whilst
playing with children, a soldier etc…
 The Hitler Myth is sometimes described as
Goebbels greatest achievement as a
propaganda minister.
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Analyse these examples of
propaganda posters…
Newspapers
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How did the Nazis control the media?
Extended ownership of press (most
publishing houses eventually owned or
indirectly controlled by Nazis);
 Daily press conferences (directives
issued);
 Controlled those writing press (treason to
spread false rumours)
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The Radio
It was believed by Goebbels that if Hitler were to give
speeches, then everyone should be able to hear them so the
cheap sale of radios or the “people’s receivers” was
encouraged they cost just 76 marks
 The radios were designed to have frequencies that would not
pick up foreign broadcasts.
 By 1939 70% of German homes had a radio, 3 times the
number in 1932 and the highest percentage in the world
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Also encouraged community radio listening in factories etc. to
ensure the success of propaganda.
 Hitler made 50 speeches in 1933 and Goebbels delivered
speeches on special occasions. These speeches were
broadcasted on radio to allow the public to hear them
 After 1933, the speeches were given more appeal by being
recorded live at rallies.
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Rallies
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The first rallies began in 1927 in Nuremberg and after
this, became an annual event
The organisation of the rallies showed Nazi mastery of
propaganda. They created an atmosphere so emotional
that all members of the crowd would succumb to the collective will.
The two main purposes of the rallies were to strengthen commitment
& make people want to be a part of something so impressive.
Goebbels stated that rallies could transform a person ‘from a little
worm into part of a large dragon.’
By 1938 attendance of people at rallies had reached almost 1 million
and the rallies would often last more than a week, bringing together
all of the leading Nazis
Rallies were very popular and the combination of discipline, flags,
music, lighting and powerful speeches by Hitler made people envious
and want to be involved in such a show.
Photo of the Nuremburg Rally 1938…
Camera!
Film
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Propaganda films were occasionally shown
but this technique of propaganda was not
as popular as the ‘people’s radio’ – Goebbels
preferred more ‘subtle’ forms of propaganda!
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Films concentrated mostly on Jews, Hitler and the
‘healthy Nazi lifestyle.’
As well as creating propaganda movies, some movies
were also banned because of their content, such as
Tarzan, which was banned because of the ‘lack of
clothes’ worn by both Tarzan and Jane.
Examples: ‘Triumph of the Will’ (1934), described as
one of the most propagandistic films of all time and
‘The Eternal Jew’ (1940).
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Was Propaganda Successful In Nazi Germany?
Successful
Unsuccessful
Had great emphasis on the • There was electoral
growth of the Nazi Party.
success for the party in
regions where there wasn’t
• Played a great role in
excess propaganda.
creating more support for
Hitler i.e. the Hitler Myth…
•Remember, Nazi
propaganda didn’t create
new attitudes within the
nation, but reinforced
existing ones i.e. antiSemitism.
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What effect did propaganda have on German people?
Where there any people against it??