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The Minister for propaganda was Joseph Goebbels. He was in charge of spreading the Nazi message. The message was simple, Nazis were awesome at everything, especially Hitler, and Jews and Communists were the enemy.
Goebbels at the microphone for a radio broadcast
Source 1- 1931 and extract from writings by the NSDAP’s propaganda chief, Doctor Joseph Goebbels
“No other political movement as understood the art of propaganda as well as the National Socialists. From its beginnings, it has put heart and soul into propaganda. What distinguishes it from all other political parties is the ability to see into the soul of the people and to speak the language of the man in the street. It uses all the means of modern technology. Leaflets, handbills, posters, mass demonstrations, the press, stage, film and radio – these are all tools of our propaganda. Whether or not they serve or harm the people depends on the use to which they are put.”
The German News Agency was used to send this message, but new technology was also used by Goebbels. Factories mass-produced cheap radios so that the population could hear Nazi propaganda including Hitler’s voice. Loudspeakers were placed in the streets to broadcast Nazi propaganda. Goebbels was also heavily involved with the film industry approving all scripts and producing his own films.
Goebbels’s produce virulent anti-Semitic films such as Jew Sϋss and The Eternal Jew, as well as more subtle pro-Nazi Nationalist films such as Triumph of the Will by award winning filmmaker Leni Reifenstahl, a filmed Nazi Rally filled with Aryan and Nazi imagery.
Source 2- Goebbels guide on how to present propaganda
Source 3
Activity
Activity
Study Sources 1, 2 & 3
To what extent do these sources provide evidence of the use of propaganda used by the Nazi regime?
Extension Task-
Complete Analysing Sources 3.5 on page 73 of Modern History Transformed
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