Nazi - Propaganda and censorship

Question 1

The SS

Answer 1

• Himmler
• Made the holocaust
• Establishment of concentration camps at Dachau
• Risen from 250 members in 1925 to 52,000 in 1933
• all police powers

Question 2

Censorship of the press

Answer 2

• Only allowed to print approved stories
• Editors were told what to print and when
• Jewish journalists were closed
• Editors had to join the Nazi Party
  -1935 - 1600 newspapers closed
  -1939- 69% of newspapers were directly owned by the nazi’s

Question 3

Control of Radio

Answer 3

• All output was controlled by the Reich Broadcasting corporation (Goebbles)
• Foreign stations banned
  -9 Million radios were sold cheaply 70% of households had them

Question 4

Control of culture

Answer 4

• 2500 banned authors
• Jazz music banned

Question 5

Gestapo

Answer 5

Political Police in Nazi Germany, Himmlerin command in 1934
No civil restraints
6500 by march 1937
Targeted Non ARyan groups put people in concentration camps during the war