Transcript Propaganda Posters Powerpoint Amandeepx

(Minister of Propaganda and National
Enlightenment)
In 1929, Hitler chose Josef Goebbels as his Minister
of Propaganda because Hitler had strong beliefs in Propaganda
and knew it could be successful to persuade the German Nation.
Goebbels developed extremely successful campaigns using
simple slogans and images which reoccurred over again in order
to win public support for the Nazi party. Once the Nazis came to
power Goebbels developed the Nazi’s use of propaganda to
even greater effect. He arranged large political military meetings
and marches to build support.
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Propaganda is the art of persuading others to believe your own views are
correct and to believe your 'side of the story' . Propaganda is mostly
biased and used by political organisations to deliberately mislead a
population into believing your beliefs. Propaganda is used largely during
periods of war to encourage hatred towards the enemy and promote
nationalism.
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One of the first things that Goebbels did was to establish the Reich Chamber of Culture.
This new organisation was established to deal with all aspects of culture. It was subdivided into seven departments that dealt with literature, news, radio, theatre, music,
visual arts, cinema, the media, the arts and literature. Each department issued
instructions as to the themes and styles that were acceptable and unacceptable to be
produced. In all areas the only material that was allowed to be produced was that
which promoted Nazi ideals.
The Reich Broadcasting Company had been founded in 1925 and was a network of nine
German radio channels. In 1933 the company was nationalised and came under the
control of Joseph Goebbels.
Goebbels saw that radio had a great potential for spreading the Nazi’s message.
Loudspeakers were installed in factories and public places and the Nazi’s made it a
priority to produce an inexpensive radio receiver.
Two of the many films produced that helped to get the Nazis message to the people
were Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will and The Eternal Jew, a racist attack on the
Jewish population.
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The People’s Receiver 301, named after the date Hitler became Chancellor (30th
January), was produced in August 1933 costing 76 Reichmarks. A cheaper version costing
just 35 Reichmarks was later produced and radio ownership rose from 4 – 16 million
households. Both radio sets were configured to only receive Nazi radio broadcasts but in
case people were tempted to listen to other stations the Nazi’s made listening to foreign
radio stations a criminal offence.
Once the Nazis came to power Goebbels developed the Nazi’s use of propaganda to
even greater effect. He organised large political military ‘rallies’ to build support. They
included having largely displayed banners and marching bands. Using his own skills of
debating Hitler appealed to the loyalty of the German people.
The propaganda used by the Nazi’s was effective due to people being fed up after the
Great Depression and having no positive change such as low employment. Hitler saw
Propaganda as a way of receiving political support in a and argued that it was a way of
conveying a message to the bulk of the German people, not to intellectuals.