7 - Nazi Propaganda

Question 1

Who was Gobbels??

Answer 1

Nazi Propaganda minister since 1928

Question 2

What did he have control over??

Answer 2

Press
Radio
Film

Aimed at purging racially impure or politially unreliable

Question 3

How was the press controlled??

Answer 3

Jan 1933 - 4700 Privately owned newspapers
Leftist paprs closed under Law for Protection of the People and State
Dec 1933 - Nazis owned 27 daily Newspapers - 2.4 million in daily circulation

Question 4

How was the radio controlled??

Answer 4

Hitler and G believed in listening over reading
1933 - Hitler made 50 broadcasts
April 1934 - Every radio station under of Propaganda Ministry.
G promoted mass cheap radios.
1939 - 70% of household had radios

They had sirens to stop work before broadcasts

Question 5

How was film controlled??

Answer 5

Goebbels thought it was effective as subconcious messages and reinforce prejudice.
Foreign films carefully monitored
1933-1945 - 1000 films produced
1933-1944 - 400% attendance rise
14% were political
Messages in every film though - jews and communists bad and “blood and soil”
Pacifist films banned - why??

Disney was one of the only shows banned due to popularity

Question 6

How was literature controlled??

Answer 6

Mein Kampf - 240,000 copies sold before 1933
Given newlyweds and soldiers on the frontline
1939 - 5.2 million sold in 11 languages
10 million by end of the war