Controlling And Influencing Attitudes Flashcards
How were rallies used?
Annual Nuremberg mass rallies celebrated Nazi accomplishment to advertise the state’s power. Local rallies were held by the SA and Hitler Youth.
How was cinema controlled?
The public were tired of political films so the Nazis produced films about love and thrillers. The films were accompanied with 45 minute newsreels to glorify Hitler’s accomplishments. For example, Hitlerjunge Quex told a story of a boy who broke away from his Communist family to join Hitler Youth, only to get killed by communists.
How were posters and books controlled?
Posters were placed everywhere to appeal to young audiences.
Books were censored and burned. In 1933, May, 20,000 books were burned. Books were made to praise Hitler.
What was the Reich Chamber of Culture?
This was where musicians, actors, and writers had their work controlled by the Nazis. Their work was used for propaganda and those who were unsuitable were made to leave. Many left Germany to protest.
How were music and theatre controlled?
Hitler saw jazz as black people music and therefore racially inferior, so he promoted classical music by Bach and German folk.
Theatre was used to concentrate on German history and political drama. Tickets were sold cheap to encourage people to attend.
How did Hitler control architecture ?
Hitler wanted the Third Reich to seem powerful.
He encouraged monumental buildings for public buildings made from copies of Greek and Rome buildings.
To encourage pride in Germany’s past, traditional home buildings with shutters were made - the country style.
How did Hitler control art?
He hated modern art by the Weimar Republic as he found it unpatriotic and backwards so he banned this and encouraged artwork to promote Germany's past greatness. He wanted art to reject the weak and ugly. Paintings showed: The simple peasant life. Hard work as a heroic. The perfect Aryan. Women in their preferred maternal roles.
How were newspapers and radio controlled?
Non-Nazi newspapers were banned and editors were told what to print.
Radios were mass-produces cheaply and supplied in cafes, factories, and loudspeakers in the streets. All radio was under nazi control.
