History 5 Flashcards
GERMAN CULTURE
WAR
USE OF ART, MEDIA, AND ENTERTAINMENT TO SHAPE THE MENTALITY OF A
NATION
ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Naughty List
“degenerate” artistic expression
Expressionist art
Good List
Art which portrayed Aryan race as
heroic
Architecture:
Stone-built
Classical style
Emphasizing authority of the State
MUSIC
Naughty List
Jewish composers
Mendelssohn
Mahler
Jazz
Good List
Beethoven
Bruckner
LITERATURE
Naughty List
Jewish authors
Communist authors
Book burning “celebration” in 1933
Around 20,000 “un-German” or Jewish
books burned
Good List
War heroes
Importance of the family
Positive portrayal of Hitler
FILM AND THEATRE
Stories impact people’s thinking!
Historical/Entertaining
Love stories
Adventure stories
Propaganda
Vilify Jews
Celebrate Nazi regime
NEWSPAPERS
Naughty List
Jewish publications shut down
Anti-Nazi publications shut down
Why?
All newspapers and Magazines brought
under Nazi control
Editors required to attend meetings
daily where they were told by the
government what to print
RADIO
Spread the word!
Cheap radios designed and sold
70% of German households had radios
by 1939
These radios unable to pick up foreign
broadcasts
Loudspeakers in streets and public areas
All radio stations brought under Nazi
control
MASS RALLIES
Celebrate!
Lots of annual National celebrations
Hitler’s Birthday
Founding of Nazi party
Etc.
Fundraising Campaigns
Hitler Youth and SA organized
“One-pot Sundays”
Public entertainment
Nuremberg Rally
Areas set to hold 400,000 people
Military bands
Marches
Aerial displays
Speeches
POSTERS
Goebbels put up posters
EVERYWHERE!
Hitler’s image
Encourage buying German radios
Family values
Recruitment for Hitler Youth
Warnings about Jews
SPORTS
Physical fitness was highly encouraged
1936 Olympics perfect propaganda
opportunity for Goebbels
Technical facilities were incredible
100,000 capacity stadium
TV cameras
Giant mounted stopwatch that all
spectators can see
OLYMPICS OUTCOME
Some positive optics for Germany:
Most medals (total AND per category)
Some Embarrassments for Germany:
American Jesse Owens (black man)
broke 11 Olympic records and won 4
gold medals
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Adolf Hitler is a naturally gifted speaker
