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Nazi Propaganda
“The task of propaganda is not to make an objective study of the truth…but to convince the masses.
-Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf
Nazi Propaganda
What is propaganda? Propaganda is biased information designed to
shape public opinion and behavior.
Hitler’s propaganda experience?
Opera’s of Richard Wagner
Georg Ritter von Schoenerer, leader of the Austrian Pan-German party
Karl Lueger, Vienna’s Christian Social mayor
World War I- Hitler’s praised the skill of enemy propagandists
The Role of Propaganda in Nazi Strategy
Hitler joins German Workers Party Encourages leaders to take out ads and promote
meetings Organizes mass meetings
Hitler becomes propaganda director Creates the party’s flag Has ancient roots with Hindu’s in Italy
The Role of Propaganda in Nazi Strategy
Hitler’s ideas were not particularly new, what was new was the attention he paid to presentation, how he said something rather than what he said.
Hitler’s salute came from Mussolini’s Fascists which they borrowed from the ancient Romans
He also modeled his brown shirts on Mussolini’s black shirts
The Success of Nazi Propaganda
Nazi party leaders provoked Communist and Social Democrat violence by marching the SA storm troopers into working class neighborhoods where they had strongholds.
Nazi Propaganda
The Nazi’s quickly recognized the value of the media. From the early days of the party they used aggressive advertising to promote the nazi ideologyGoebbels was in charge of ‘enlightening’ the German public
Book Burnings
Nazi students unload confiscated materials for the public book burning that is to take place on the Opernplatz in Berlin. The banner on the back of the truck reads: "German students march against the un-German spirit."
Newspapers
Censoring newspapers ensures that only the news you want people to read is available to the publicNazi party members wrote many articles for the press, ensuring that the message was always positiveMany publications were banned
Joke of the Times
“I told my wife that if I die, don’t let them put it in the newspaper, because no one will believe it”
Nazi Control of Radio
Hitler’s Speeches
Hitler is considered to have been one of the greatest public speakers of all time.
Nazi Control of Film
Film was used to show Hitler in a positive light as often as possibleThe Nazi’s commissioned several films, each carefully portraying a certain imageTriumph of the Will Directed by Leni Riefenstahl taken at Nazi Party Rally in Nuremburg-
1934 considered a documentary masterpiece
Posters Creating One People
Posters are cheap and easy to distributePlaced in prominent positions they act as a constant reminder of ideologyCan be used for many purposes
Anti-Jewish Propaganda Campaigns
Nazi’s had to determine who was and who wasn’t a full-fledged member of the national community.
“You are Sharing the Load! A Genetically Ill Individual Costs Approximately 50,000 Reichsmarks by the Age of Sixty”
Propaganda
'60.000 reichsmarks is what this hereditarily ill person will cost the national community over the course of his life. Citizen, this is also your money!
Language of Propaganda
Employment office- “labor mobilization”
Worker- “Soldier of Labor”
Work- “Service to Fuehrer and folk”
Factory Meeting- “Factory Roll Call”
Production- “The Production Battle”
Online Exhibit: Making a Leader
Guiding Question
Some have said that Hitler would not have come to power without the work of Goebbels. Look at the posters in this section and determine what traits for Hitler are being promoted?
Online Exhibit: Rallying the Nation
Guiding QuestionWhat does the Nazi Party offer the German people that propels it to dominate the multitude of other political parties?
Online Exhibit: Indoctrinating the Youth
Guiding Question
What are the messages used to educate (Nazify) the youth?
Online Exhibit: Defining the Enemy
Guiding Question
What strategies were used by the Nazi government to move the masses to the Nazi Utopian society?
Online Exhibit: Writing the News
Guiding QuestionsHow was the Nazi use of media a systematic strategy to control the masses?What was their goal? The tools used?
The outcome?
Online Exhibit: Deceiving the Public
Guiding Questions
What were the deceptions?
What did the deceptions offer the German nation?
Online Exhibit: Assessing Guilt
Guiding Question
1945 = Denazification of Germany
What was the International outcome of the prosecution of Julius Streicher, Hans Fritzsche, and Leni Riefenstahl?
Propaganda for Mass Murder
Theresienstadt
Between July 1943 and May 1944, German battlefield deaths averaged 70,000 per month Did not report these figures Instead propaganda focused on what would
happen if Germans lost