Transcript Life in Nazi Europe

Propaganda in Nazi
Germany
A Photographic Journey
Hitler becomes Dictator
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Adolf Hitler becomes
dictator of Germany on
March 23rd, 1933.
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Hitler was able to take
advantage of the German
people’s desire for
stability after a
humiliating loss in WWI
and a major economic
depression.
Nazi Propaganda
One of Hitler’s most important means of
building support for his ideas and for the
Nazi party was through the use of
Propaganda.
 Hitler put Joseph Goebbels in charge of
making sure the German people were
inundated with information that
encouraged support of the Nazi party.
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Joseph Goebbels
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As Minister of
Enlightenment,
Goebbels had two main
tasks:
1) to ensure nobody in
Germany could read or
see anything that was
hostile or damaging to
the Nazi Party.
2) to ensure that the
views of the Nazis were
put across in the most
persuasive manner
possible.
Joseph Goebbels (on Hitler’s left)
Pre-Hitler Propaganda
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This poster comes before
Hitler came to power.
At the time of this poster,
the Nazi’s were trying to
gain power in Germany.
The caption translates
“Germany’s Liberation.”
What does this caption
mean? Who is liberating
who?
Pre-Presidential Election (1932)
“We are with Hitler”
 Who is this poster
appealing to?
 What is the poster
trying to
communicate?
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Nuremburg Rally
Nuremburg Rally
Nazi Rallies
What do you think the Nazis did at these
rallies?
 Can you think of any modern day
examples that would be similar to these
rallies?
 How did Nazi rallies serve as a means of
propaganda?
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Hitler Youth
"Youth Serves the
Führer. All 10-yearolds into the Hitler
Youth.“
 What was the Hitler
Youth?
 How did the Hitler
Youth strengthen the
Nazi party?
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Works Cited
German Propaganda Archive – Calvin
College
 http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/
posters2.htm
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