Nazi use of the media

• Newspapers were expected to only provide views promoted by the Ministry of Propaganda or they would be closed down. 1,600 newspapers were closed down in 1935 alone.
• Journalists were told what they could not publish in daily briefings by the Ministry and sometimes given instructions what they should write about.
• All radio stations came under Nazi control and were used for frequent speeches to be broadcast by Hitler and other Nazi leaders.
• Cheap radio sets were mass produced to ensure these speeches reached as wide an audience as possible. By 1939, 70% of Germans owned their own radio. All of them had a limited range so that foreign stations could not be picked up.
• There were also speakers placed in the streets, cafes, factories and schools to ensure speeches were heard even when people were not at home.