WWII ; control through propaganda/terror Flashcards
Name 3 ‘terror’ ways Nazis used to control Germans.
concentration camps
the gestapo
informers
Name 3 ‘propaganda’ ways Nazis used to control Germans.
books
radio
films
Describe concentration camps.
anyone who was against the Nazis were held here. (jews, communists, socialists, etc.)
they question, torture, do hard labour, force Nazi ideas onto them.
Describe the Gestapo.
these are state secret polices.
they could tap telephones, open mail, collect info from network of informers (report people who are anti-nazi)
they arrest, torture and imprison at concentration camps.
Describe informers.
every town was divided into blocks.
each block had a warden who visits every home weekly, collect donations, check up on everyone, write a report on everyone.
Describe propaganda books.
Nazis burned books by jews, communists, socialists, etc., anyone they disliked or contained ideas they disapproved
Describe propaganda radio.
70% Germans owned a radio.
Goebbels controlled all radio.
some local programs are: Hitler’s speeches, german music and german history
Describe propaganda films.
Goebbels controlled every film made.
a germany propaganda message was always shown before a movie.