Censorship & Propaganda
Censorship and Propaganda was another important factor to the success for Hitler's dictatorship. Everything that was going to get in touch with the public, including Radios, the Press, the lessons they teach at school, the art works people paint, the movies they play at cinemas all had to be censored first before audiences could watch it. When Hitler became Chancellor in 1933, Joseph Goebbels was assigned to be the Minister of people's Enlightenment and Propaganda, in other words, the Head of Brainwashing of the German Public. He was very good at it, he used the propaganda to not only campaign for Nazi Party, but also to control the political, cultural and artistic life of Germany. Everything had to be based upon how great the Nazis were, how they could change the life of the Germans to be so much better and so on.
The Nazi government gave Goebbels access to all of their resources to publicize Hitler and his great views. Some propaganda were old and cliched, but some were new. Old techniques would be like
The new techniques were
One other interesting way of expressing their thoughts to the world was through the 1936 Berlin Olympic games. Hitler and Goebbels used this chance to show the world that the Nazi party was the solution to any problems in Germany. They had built an Olympic stadium seating 110,000 people to reflect on the strength and unity of the Germany, the events were flawlessly carried on, showing how efficient the Nazis can be and will be and always is, Germany won 33 gold medals, more than any other country, with that, more medals in total than any other countries too, therefore showing Aryan being the more superior race than the others. There was one very famous and embarrassing moment however, when Jesse Owen, an African American representing USA had won the 100m gold medal, and had won a total of 4 gold medals of 4 events. Hitler was so angry he left the stadium early because he couldn't stand a black winning his medals in front of his own eyes in his nation.
To sum this section up, the Nazi propaganda was that Hitler was the head, he was able, he could do anything, he WILL do anything to make Germany a better country and unify the entire nation. He was shown as a strong, decisive leader, but frequently shown of him with the youngsters which represents he was also a caring father-figure for Germany, and that voting for the Nazis were the right choice.
The Nazi government gave Goebbels access to all of their resources to publicize Hitler and his great views. Some propaganda were old and cliched, but some were new. Old techniques would be like
- posters
- parades
- show of strength of Nazi army, to show unity
The new techniques were
- Advertising on Radio
- Advertising in movies in cinemas
- Advertising on newspapers
- Express their central "correct" thesis in lectures of university lessons
- The Art works of people to show how strong and how good the NSDAP were
- Nazis decided what books would be available for people to read and buy, books with different views would be banned from ever getting the chance for people to read in Germany. Loads of books were removed from libraries and universities, all burnt in huge public bonfires
- Music was also censored too, for instance, Jazz was banned because of its "black" music and therefore below their level; music by Mendelssohn, a famous classical musician, was also banned from performed, played, practiced only because he was partly Jewish.
One other interesting way of expressing their thoughts to the world was through the 1936 Berlin Olympic games. Hitler and Goebbels used this chance to show the world that the Nazi party was the solution to any problems in Germany. They had built an Olympic stadium seating 110,000 people to reflect on the strength and unity of the Germany, the events were flawlessly carried on, showing how efficient the Nazis can be and will be and always is, Germany won 33 gold medals, more than any other country, with that, more medals in total than any other countries too, therefore showing Aryan being the more superior race than the others. There was one very famous and embarrassing moment however, when Jesse Owen, an African American representing USA had won the 100m gold medal, and had won a total of 4 gold medals of 4 events. Hitler was so angry he left the stadium early because he couldn't stand a black winning his medals in front of his own eyes in his nation.
To sum this section up, the Nazi propaganda was that Hitler was the head, he was able, he could do anything, he WILL do anything to make Germany a better country and unify the entire nation. He was shown as a strong, decisive leader, but frequently shown of him with the youngsters which represents he was also a caring father-figure for Germany, and that voting for the Nazis were the right choice.