Culture control

• How did Nazis control film and radio?

  • Cinemas showed films that emphasised Nazi messages
  •  Radios in homes and loudspeakers in public spaces to reach everyone in German society
• How did Nazis control rallies?

  • Rallies and military parades were important for showing the strength of Germany

  > most popular was the annual Nuremberg rally
• What did the Nazis do during the 1936 Berlin Olympics? 


  • Built 110,000 stadium + filled it with swastikas AKA : "Nazi Olympics"
  • The Nazis hoped Olympics would showcase Aryan superiority
  • An embarrassing moment for Hitler was when the African-American Jesse Owens won gold in the 100 metres
  • Germany won 33 medals
• When did Nazi propaganda begin to fail?


  when Germany started to lose the war
• Forms of Nazi censorship?

  • Burning books
  • Many newspapers banned
  • Censored scripts in plays/films
• How did Nazis control art, music and architecture?

  • Art - The Reich Chamber of Visual Arts was set up in 1933 to monitor art and culture
  • Architecture - disliked futuristic look
  • Albert Speer was Hitler’s preferred architect
  • > he created key Nazi buildings, such as the buildings for rallies
  • Music - Jewish music banned
• How did Nazis control literature?

  • Literature needed to fit the Nazi message