Nazi Propaganda Aims Propagate Hitlers Weltanschauung and through

Nazi Propaganda

Aims • Propagate Hitler’s Weltanschauung- and through this become members of the Volksgemeinschaft • ‘The sharpest weapon in maintaining and building up the state’ (Goebbels) • Repression- Propaganda- welded together the political attitudes of the nation

Joseph Goebbels and Hitler ‘The finest kind of propaganda does not reveal itself; the best propaganda is that which works invisibly, penetrating into every cell of life in such a way that the public has no idea of the aims of the propagandists’ ‘Only constant repetition can bring success in the matter of instilling ideas into the memory of the crowd’

Nazi Propaganda • What is propaganda? • How does it work? • How much impact did it have? • Propaganda is the use of the Media to aggressively promote one point of view. • Propaganda can be used to brainwash of the public, convincing them of an ideological viewpoint.

Nazi Propaganda: The Message and the means • • • Posters Radio Film Newspapers Meetings and Rallies Art and Literature • Hitler himself • Schools and Youth Movements

Examples of Nazi Posters

Activity • Take one form of propaganda. Explain how the Nazi Party used propaganda to strengthen their position once in power. • Examples- visual images please on your slides • How effective was Nazi Propaganda? • What was the impact on the German people?

• Propaganda Links • All sections- but particularly posters http: //www. calvin. edu/academic/cas/gpa/ • Sculpture and Art http: //fcit. coedu. usf. edu/holocaust/arts/art. Reic h. htm • Film : http: //www. cultsock. ndirect. co. uk/MUHome/cs html/index. html