propaganda

Question 1

aims

Answer 1

-social control-intimidate and silence political opposition
-persuasion- initially to vote NSDAP then to support the regime
-indoctrination

Question 2

who?

Answer 2

-Goebbels

Question 3

How was propaganda used

Answer 3

-repetition
-constant barrage of Nazi images
-control over news
-technology

Question 4

newspapers

Answer 4

-jan 1933- 4700 priv owned paper
-by end of 1933, Nazis had 27 w/ 2.4mill circulating daily
-news agencies merged into state controlled organisation

Question 5

radios

Answer 5

-1933, 50 broadcasts inc speakers in towns
-1939, 70% of households owned a radio
-13% of those in radio dismissed
-April 1934 all stations under Reich Radio Company

Question 6

Film

Answer 6

-every film checked
-every american film (apart from disney) was banned
-1933-45, 1000 films produced and cinema attendance 4x
-14% were political
-most films had political undertones
-Triumph of the Will by Leni Riefenstahl

Question 7

parades and spectacles

Answer 7

-theatrical marches: uniforms, singing, torches
-swastikas displayed
-annual party rallies at Nuremburg- 1937 100k people`
-6th May 1933 book burning in 19 cities, 20k books

Question 8

education and youth

Answer 8

-1933 law for restoration of professional civil service removed all jewish teachers
-1934 Nazi ideology compulsory in education

Question 9

The Hitler Myth

Answer 9

-portrayed as the man of the people & a political genius
-in reality it was the people around him who created policies etc
-1941 Goebbels described the Hitler Myth as his greatest achievement
-1934 powerful hitler cult