Propaganda

Question 1

What is the definition of propaganda

Answer 1

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view

Question 2

What were Hitlers initial ideas for propaganda when he joined the party

Answer 2

Encourages leaders to take out ads and promote meetings

Question 3

What was Hitlers initial role within the Nazi party

Answer 3

Propaganda director

Question 4

What did Hitler create as Propaganda director

Answer 4

The parties flag- it had ancient roots with Hindus

Question 5

Who was the Naz press chief

Answer 5

Otto Dietrich

Question 6

Who was the minister of propaganda

Answer 6

Joseph Goebbles

Question 7

What forms could propaganda take

Answer 7

Speeches, radios, films, parades, books, education and newspaper

Question 8

How many privately owned newspapers were there in January 1933

Answer 8

4700

Question 9

What type of newspapers closed down during the decree for the protection of the people and the state

Answer 9

Leftist

Question 10

By December 1933 how many daily newspapers did the Nazis own

Answer 10

27

Question 11

How many Nazi newspapers were in circulation everyday

Answer 11

2.4 million

Question 12

What was on the cover of Nazi newspapers and why

Answer 12

Antisemitic ideas so it would be the first thing they would see

Question 13

Why was the ideas of radios so important

Answer 13

Hitler and Goebbels believes the spoken word was better than the written word

Question 14

How many broadcasts did Hitler make in 1933

Answer 14

Over 50, sirens rang so those who were working stopped to listen

Question 15

By what month and year were all radio stations in Germany under control of propaganda ministry

Answer 15

April 1934

Question 15

What percentage of households had radios in 1939

Answer 15

70%

Question 16

Why did so many households have radios

Answer 16

Only 76 reichsmarks so made them affordable, mass produced making them cheaper

Question 17

Why were the radios good in regards the channels

Answer 17

Only 2 channels and both had air time of Hitler

Question 18

What percentage of the sales were radios in 1935

Answer 18

75% of them

Question 19

When had 100,000 radios been sold

Answer 19

August 18th 1933

Question 20

Why were films used for propaganda

Answer 20

Films can work on subconscious and reinforce prejudices with subliminal messages

Question 21

What happened in regards to foreign films

Answer 21

They were carefully monitored, many American films banned besides Disney cartoons

Question 22

How many films were created between 1933 and 1945

Answer 22

Over 1000

Question 23

How much did cinema attendance increase by between 1933 and 1944

Answer 23

400%

Question 24

What percentage of films were directly political

Answer 24

14%, many just had hidden messages

Question 25

What did Nazi films glorify

Answer 25

Hitler, ideology and youth programmes

Question 26

What happened to films that promoted weakness

Answer 26

They were banned

Question 27

What did marches and parades look like

Answer 27

Consisted of uniforms, banners, party songs sung, torches being carried and swastikas hung from the streets

Question 28

Why was the look of the marches and parades important

Answer 28

So it looked like the Nazis had huge population

Question 29

How many people attended the Nuremberg rallies in 1938

Answer 29

1,000,000 people

Question 30

What event occurred in 1936 in Germany that helped grow support for Nazis worldwide

Answer 30

Berlin Olympics, it was a global event covered in swastikas, made competitors do Nazi solutes and made it look as though all was good within Germany

Question 31

How many copies of Mein Kampf sold before Hitler became chancellor in 1933

Answer 31

240,000

Question 32

Who were given free Mein Kampf books

Answer 32

Every newly wed couple and every soldier fighting at the front

Question 33

By 1939 how many copies had been sold and in how many languages- Mein Kampf

Answer 33

5.2 million copies in 11 languages

Question 34

By the end of the war how many Mein Kampf copies had been sold

Answer 34

10 million

Question 35

How did posters portray Jews

Answer 35

As commercial and villianish

Question 36

What did most posters consist of

Answer 36

Blonde hair blue eye families

Question 37

When a travesty was being shown what colour would they use and why

Answer 37

Red to represent the communists saying that they caused these issues

Question 38

Why was placing Hitler and Hindenburg on a poster a good idea

Answer 38

As it symbolised power

Question 39

How were school children dressed when performing their school song

Answer 39

Like soldiers

Question 40

What were the schools songs suggesting

Answer 40

We needed to purify Germany, presenting anti sematic views