propaganda

• • The Minister of Propaganda was Joseph Goebbels.
• • Goebbels used different methods to win support.
  • School lessons, radio messages and posters were used.
  • Mass rallies (such as Nuremberg) helped win public backing too.
• • The Nazis also used cinemas.
  • Many films had an anti-Jewish message, e.g. the Eternal Jew.
  • Other films showed Nazi propaganda adverts before they started.
• ANALYSIS (FOR)

  • Constant pro-Hitler/German or anti-Jewish messages were impossible to ignore.
  • Cheap radios meant ownership increased to 70% of all households, increasing the numbers exposed to the message.
• ANALYSIS (AGAINST)

  • Some Germans disagreed with the Nazis and so simply ignored the propaganda.
  • It was suggested that some Germans deliberately arrived late to the cinema to avoid Nazi adverts.
• EVALUATION (AGAINST)

  Fear - even if they did not agree with the propaganda, many were too scared to openly discuss this.