Transcript Nazi Propaganda - Freeman Public Schools
Nazi Propaganda
“The task of propaganda is not to make an objective study of the truth…but to convince the masses.
-Adolf Hitler,
Mein Kampf
Nazi Propaganda
What is propaganda?
Propaganda is biased information designed to shape public opinion and behavior
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Hitler’s propaganda experience?
Opera’s of Richard Wagner Georg Ritter von Schoenerer, leader of the Austrian Pan-German party Karl Lueger, Vienna’s Christian Social mayor World War I- Hitler’s praised the skill of enemy propagandists
World War I Propaganda
The Role of Propaganda in Nazi Strategy Hitler joins German Workers Party Encourages leaders to take out ads and promote meetings Organizes mass meetings Hitler becomes propaganda director Creates the party’s flag Has ancient roots with Hindu’s in Italy
The Role of Propaganda in Nazi Strategy
The Role of Propaganda in Nazi Strategy Hitler’s ideas were not particularly new, what was new was the attention he paid to presentation, how he said something rather than what he said.
Hitler’s salute came from Mussolini’s Fascists which they borrowed from the ancient Romans He also modeled his brown shirts on Mussolini’s black shirts
The Success of Nazi Propaganda Nazi party leaders provoked Communist and Social Democrat violence by marching the SA storm troopers into working class neighborhoods where they had strongholds.
Hitler Appointed Chancellor
Otto Dietrich Nazi Party Press Chief
Joseph Goebbels Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Nazi Propaganda
The Nazi’s quickly recognized the value of the media. From the early days of the party they used aggressive advertising to promote the nazi ideology Goebbels was in charge of ‘enlightening’ the German public
Book Burnings Nazi students unload confiscated materials for the public book burning that is to take place on the Opernplatz in Berlin. The banner on the back of the truck reads: "German students march against the un-German spirit."
Book Burnings Link to Book Burnings
Nazi Propaganda: Methods
Word of the Week Posters Radio Film Newspapers
Nazi Control of Press
Newspapers
Censoring newspapers ensures that only the news you want people to read is available to the public Nazi party members wrote many articles for the press, ensuring that the message was always positive Many publications were banned
Der Sturmer
Der Sturmer
Joke of the Times “I told my wife that if I die, don’t let them put it in the newspaper, because no one will believe it”
Nazi Control of Radio
Hitler’s Speeches Hitler is considered to have been one of the greatest public speakers of all time.
Nazi Control of Film Film was used to show Hitler in a positive light as often as possible The Nazi’s commissioned several films, each carefully portraying a certain image Triumph of the Will Directed by Leni Riefenstahl taken at Nazi Party Rally in Nuremburg 1934 considered a documentary masterpiece
Film: The Eternal Jew
Film: The Eternal Jew
Winning the Masses “One people, one government, one leader.”
Posters Creating One People
Posters are cheap and easy to distribute Placed in prominent positions they act as a constant reminder of ideology Can be used for many purposes
Examples of Nazi Posters
Posters Glorifying “Aryans”
Nazi Youth “All Girls Join Us” Youth Serves the Fuhrer. All ten-year-olds join the Hitler Youth.”
Nazi Men
Nazi Women
Nazi Women
"Healthy Parents have Healthy Children."
Anti-Jewish Propaganda Campaigns Nazi’s had to determine who was and who wasn’t a full-fledged member of the national community.
Then and Now
“ You are Sharing the Load! A Genetically Ill Individual Costs Approximately 50,000 Reichsmarks by the Age of Sixty ”
Propaganda
Propaganda 'The Costs of the Congenitally Diseased'.
Propaganda '60.000 reichsmarks is what this hereditarily ill person will cost the national community over the course of his life. Citizen, this is also your money!
Race Propaganda
Race Propaganda
"The result! A loss of racial pride."
Race Defiler 1936
Language of Propaganda Employment office- “labor mobilization” Worker- “Soldier of Labor” Work- “Service to Fuehrer and folk” Factory Meeting- “Factory Roll Call” Production- “The Production Battle”
Education
Don't Trust the Fox in the Green Meadow or The Jew On His Oath.
Der Fiftpilz: The Poisonous Mushroom Link to The Poison Mushroom
Education
Education
Education
State of Deception
Themes of the Exhibit
Online Exhibit:
Making a Leader
Guiding Question
Some have said that Hitler would not have come to power without the work of Goebbels. Look at the posters in this section and determine what traits for Hitler are being promoted?
Online Exhibit:
Rallying the Nation
Guiding Question
What does the Nazi Party offer the German people that propels it to dominate the multitude of other political parties?
Online Exhibit: Indoctrinating the Youth
Guiding Question
What are the messages used to educate (Nazify) the youth?
Online Exhibit: Defining the Enemy
Guiding Question
What strategies were used by the Nazi government to move the masses to the Nazi Utopian society?
Online Exhibit: Writing the News
Guiding Questions
How was the Nazi use of media a systematic strategy to control the masses?
What was their goal? The tools used? The outcome?
Online Exhibit: Deceiving the Public
Guiding Questions
What were the deceptions?
What did the deceptions offer the German nation?
Online Exhibit: Assessing Guilt
Guiding Question
1945 = Denazification of Germany What was the International outcome of the prosecution of Julius Streicher, Hans Fritzsche, and Leni Riefenstahl?
Propaganda for War 1936 Olympics Kristallnacht Invasion of Poland
Propaganda for Mass Murder Theresienstadt Between July 1943 and May 1944, German battlefield deaths averaged 70,000 per month Did not report these figures Instead propaganda focused on what would happen if Germans lost
Propaganda on Trial