3. How Effective was Nazi Propaganda as a Method of Control?

Question 1

Carrot and stick

Answer 1

This phrase is a metaphor for the use of a combination of reward and punishment to induce a desired behaviour

Question 2

How did the Nazis use propaganda to induce reward? (3)

Answer 2

Glorified Nazi regime
Made Germany appear as great and fully recovered from war
Gave German citizens (Aryans) sense of pride for being part of “master race”

Question 3

How did the Nazis use propaganda to induce punishment? (4)

Answer 3

Created fear for those who opposed regime
Maintained climate of terror/fear
Made people scared to oppose
Portrayed certain groups of people as enemies

Question 4

Position of Goebbels

Answer 4

Chief propagandist for Nazi Party

Question 5

What was established in Nazi Germany to create propaganda?

Answer 5

The ministry of propaganda

Question 6

Aims of Nazi propaganda (2)

Answer 6

Win support instead of acceptance
Make German citizens addicted to Nazi Party and to worship them, instead of simply complying

Question 7

What did Goebbels want to establish through the use of propaganda?

Answer 7

A neutral attitude towards the regime - everyone worshipped Nazis

Question 8

Quote about use of propaganda by Goebbels

Answer 8

“We want rather to work on people until they have become addicted to us”

Question 9

What does propaganda demonstrate?

Answer 9

The efficiency of Nazi Germany

Question 10

Two ways in which propaganda was effective in Nazi Germany

Answer 10

Played upon emotions
Use of red provoked and engaged audience

Question 11

What happened to socialist and communist newspapers when the Nazis came into power?

Answer 11

They were banned

Question 12

How many daily newspapers did the Nazis have by the end of 1933?

Answer 12

27

Question 13

How many Nazi newspapers were sold per day?

Answer 13

2.4 million

Question 14

What happened to news agencies who supplied the press when the Nazis came into power?

Answer 14

They came under a state controlled organisation

Question 15

What method of propaganda did Hitler and Goebells prefer to newspapers?

Answer 15

Radio as they believed spoken word had much more impact than written communication

Question 16

What made radio such an effective propaganda method?

Answer 16

It was hard to escape

Question 17

Why was radio propaganda so hard to escape in Nazi Germany?

Answer 17

Loudspeakers were set up in towns and factories
Radios were very cheap so many people owned them

Question 18

What did radio give Hitler an opportunity to do?

Answer 18

Talk directly to the German people

Question 19

What were films used to do by the Nazis?

Answer 19

Used to speak to the German people subconsciously and deliver political messages to them

Question 20

How were films effective propaganda methods in Nazi Germany?

Answer 20

They glorified leadership, demonised Jews and communists, and banned pacifist messages

Question 21

What did Nazis believe the best propaganda was?

Answer 21

Good discipline

Question 22

Where was Nazi discipline shown off?

Answer 22

In parades and marches

Question 23

What were households expected to hang in Nazi Germany? What would happen if they didn’t?

Answer 23

Expected to hang swastika flags and failure to conform was reported

Question 24

Yearly propaganda in Germany

Answer 24

Annual party rallies in Nuremberg in September

Question 25

Art promoted by Nazi propaganda

Answer 25

Art which glorified healthy, strong and heroic figures of Germany’s past

Question 26

What type of art expeditions were glorified by the Nazis?

Answer 26

Expeditions of “Great German art”

Question 27

What type of art expeditions were demonised by the Nazis?

Answer 27

“Degenerative art”

Question 28

Two Nazi propaganda slogans which portrayed the Jews as the enemy

Answer 28

“Behind enemy lines - the Jews”
“He is guilty for the war”

Question 29

Caption of Nazi propaganda showing picture of white women with a friend who is a black women

Answer 29

“Loss of racial pride”

Question 30

What image did Hitler gain through the use of propaganda?

Answer 30

A superhuman image

Question 31

What did Goebbels portray Hitler as?

Answer 31

“The champion of the new way of life”

Question 32

What did propaganda make the public believe about Hitler?

Answer 32

Made public believe that Hitler was responsible for the reduction of unemployment

Question 33

What was Hitler portrayed as by propaganda in relation to workers?

Answer 33

Portrayed as the defender of the workers

Question 34

How was Hitler presented by the Myth of Hitler (propaganda)? (5)

Answer 34

The “man of the people”
Hard-working and tough
Political genius
Dynamic and forceful
Guardian of traditional morality

Question 35

How were Nazi policies implemented (reality of Hitler)?

Answer 35

Hitler supplied the vision, his ministers and officials interpreted this and implemented policies

Question 36

What wasn’t Hitler very involved in (reality of Hitler)?

Answer 36

Decision-making

Question 37

How was Hitler far from hard-working (reality of Hitler)?

Answer 37

Disliked reading official documents
Rarely got involved in discussions about policies
His officials usually had great difficulty in getting him to make decisions

Question 38

Success of Nazi propaganda: appears as most successful

Answer 38

Appears to have been most successful when it was aimed at young with their messages overlapping traditional values of particular groups

Question 39

Success of Nazi propaganda: m/c support

Answer 39

M/C shared Nazis hostility towards socialism and communism and believed in propaganda that stated that Hitler was the only alternative to left-wing takeover

Question 40

Success of Nazi propaganda: anti-semitism and resentment to ToV

Answer 40

Ran through all classes due to propaganda

Question 41

Limitations of Nazi propaganda: Gestapo reports

Answer 41

Gestapo reports on state of public opinion indicate that many people had doubts about Nazi policies

Question 42

Limitations of Nazi propaganda: aristocrats and old conservatives

Answer 42

Both reluctant to support more radical Nazi elements

Question 43

Limitations of Nazi propaganda: less successful

Answer 43

Less successful when it challenged deeply held beliefs like religion