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Social ImpactPart One
Hitler’s Germany
Propaganda: AimsReich Ministry of
Public Enlightenment and Propaganda established Led by Goebbels
1. Use all forms of media to secure people’s loyalty to Nazism
2. Convince Germans that Nazism was the only way to restore order in Germany
3. Stir up hatred for Jews and communists
Propaganda: StrategiesPublic
displays of power – rallies, marches, public meetings
Watch video:Describe
the paradeHow is
Hitler depicted?
Films controlled by Nazis and had to carry pro-Nazi messages
Propaganda: Strategies
Leni Riefenstahl
Alfred Hugenberg
Posters also used to glorify Nazi achievements and to attack opponents
Propaganda: Strategies
Any information hostile to Nazis were kept away from German peopleAnti-Nazi newspapers put out of businessBook-burning and banning of ‘unacceptable’
publicationsReich Chamber of Commerce (est. 1933)
scrutinised all forms of media
Censorship
Radios made affordable – why?Listening to foreign radio stations banned –
why?Loudspeakers placed in the streets for people
to listen to Hitler’s speeches
Censorship
White Rose MovementThe group became known for an anonymous
leaflet and graffiti campaign, lasting from June 1942 until February 1943, that called for active opposition to dictator Adolf Hitler's regime.
Censorship
‘How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause. Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?’- Sophie Scholl
Lack of freedom of expression and ideasEasier for Nazis to enforce doctrine and
control public opinion
Results – Propaganda + Censorship
1. Schutz-Staffel (SS)Established in 1925 as an elite force of
‘Aryan’ Germans who were Hitler’s bodyguardHimmler appointed SS leader
Responsible for destroying Nazis’ enemies and carrying out its racial policies
Rise of the Secret Police
Rise of the Secret PoliceDeath’s Head Units
Responsible for concentration camps – torture and hard labour
Responsible for ‘Jewish Solution’
SS Verfuegunstruppe (SS-VT)Nazi Party’s armed
force – important role in fighting during WWII
2. GestapoNazi Secret Police
Finding and removing threats to the NazisSpied on German citizens and arrested those
who were suspected to be against the government
1935: Gestapo responsible for setting up concentration camps for ‘undesirables’
Rise of the Secret Police
Climate of FearNo one knew who the Gestapo informers wereDiscontented people were less willing to speak
up for fear of punishment
Results?
Form 4 groupsEach group will be assigned to study a
particular social group in Hitler’s Germany:JewsGypsies, disabled, homosexualsHitler YouthWomen
Spend 10 minutes reading the relevant pages in the TB and take note of key pointsHow were these groups treated?What role did they play in Germany?
Group Activity