Nazi Germany 1933-39: Propaganda

Question 1

What were the Nazi aims for propaganda?

Answer 1

• Glorify the regime
• Spread Nazi ideology
• Win over the people

Question 2

Who was Goebbels?

Answer 2

• 1933-45 minister of public enlightenment and propaganda
• Issued Kristallnacht orders
• Suffered from inferiority complex due to physical limitations, became anti-semitic

Question 3

What forms of propaganda were used?

Answer 3

• Radio
• Press
• Olympic Games
• Posters

Question 4

How was the radio used as propaganda?

Answer 4

• Broadcasting came under control of Reich Radio Company
• 13% staff dismissed oon political and racial grounds
• “Most modern instrument in existence for influencing the masses”
• Volksempfanger was a cheap radio developed by Nazis, use rose 25% in 1932 to 70% by 1939
• Loudspeakers introduced

Question 5

How was the press used for propaganda?

Answer 5

• 4700 daily newspapers in 1933
• Nazis controlled 2/3 of press in 1939
• Volkisher Beobachter reached 1.7 million by 1944

Question 6

How did the Nazis use the Olympics as propaganda?

Answer 6

• Games were given to Berlin before Nazis came to power

- Games used as platform to display Nazism through propaganda