Propaganda And The Nazi Ideology

The rise of Hitler played a huge role in the spread of propaganda. Hitler was a dominating force in the Nazi movement, he was a powerful speaker. In a report written by an American diplomat it was documented that “His ability to influence an assembly is uncanny” and that he “made a very deep impression on a neutral observer.” (doc 7) Hitlers personality attracted people; he was able to win people over by telling them what they wanted to hear; he had leadership qualities that were pleasing to a crowd.

Adolf Hitler, political leader of the National Socialist or Nazi party, promoted the usage propaganda. In his book, Mein Kampf, he stated, “Propaganda makes [the public] ripe for the victory of [anyone’s] ideas.” To establish German support, the Nazi party used propagandistic posters and film. One of the Nazi’s most effective examples of propaganda was the German director, Leni Riefentstal’s film that documented the pro-Nazi Nuremberg rally of 1934.

In order for Adolf Hitler to become successful, he knew that he had to spread Nazism to the far corners of the world. He accomplished this to some extent by using propaganda. “Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, Hitler established a Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda headed by Joseph Goebbels” (“Nazi Propaganda”). Goebbels was the master propagandist and orator to whom Hitler gave the responsibility of spreading the favorable image of the Nazi regime. The Nazis took control of all means of entertainment in order to spread their beliefs. “The ministry’s aim was to ensure that the Nazi message was successfully communicated through art, music, theater, films, books, radio, educational materials, and the press” (“Nazi Propaganda). The main target of the propaganda was the Jewish race. Goebbels’ “propaganda campaigns created

Propaganda works on the general public from the standpoint of an idea and makes them ripe for the victory of this idea." (Adolf Hitler, “Mein Kampf”, Vol. 1, Chapter 3) This is where he first supported and pushed for the use of propaganda to spread the principles of National Socialism. After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, Hitler founded a Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda lead by Joseph Goebbels. The Reich was a Nazi government department used to enforce the Nazism ideology.

Propaganda was formed around the holocaust when Joseph Goebbels was Hitler’s minister for the Holocaust. He played an important role in being part of the Holocaust to the Nazi Germany. He wasn’t able to participate in the first World war,because of his weight and he also had a clubbed foot. Joseph then decided to join “The Nazi party” by the end of 1924;1928 he was elected for the reichstag and in 1933 he began.

The use of propaganda that the Nazis made to go against the Jews negatively affected them because most bystanders believed in the propaganda which made the Jews seem “not human” to other people. This further allowed the Nazis to dehumanize the Jews in a way where the Jews had absolutely no freedom.

All ranks of Nazi officials played a significant part in the reign of propaganda that impacted the world. The creation of the “Final Solution” to annihilate the Jews and enemies of Europe was heavily culminated with propaganda efforts to keep death camps hidden from the view of media outlets globally. Originally this plan was to systematically remove the Jews, then with the establishment of ghettos and mobile killing units, SS Officers, German authorities and their collaborators were able to kill upwards of six million Jews. This was impactful on the society with almost two-thirds of the Jews in Europe killed by poison gas, shooting and other means.

The definition of propaganda is ‘information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view’. The Nazis used propaganda as a method to spread their views and to encourage the Germans to support Hitler. Some of the main themes of propaganda was to demonise groups of people (races, religions e.c.t); to portray Hitler as a strong and powerful leader; to emphasise the values of Nazi Germany and to promote the idea of an Aryan Germany having superiority above all other countries. The person in charge of propaganda was Josef Goebbels, who Hitler placed in charge of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. This department used many methods to ‘enlighten’ the public for example different art forms including music and cinema, radio, the press, literature, rallies, posters and sports.

In 1940, there were around 60 - 70 million people in Germany supported Hitler by propaganda so they can fight for the country and support Hitler. It can be important to the dictators, it has many types of propagandas, and it helps other people know who is bad for the country because so they can know what’s going on. Propaganda are so important to the dictators in WWII like Adolf Hitler, Hirohito, and Benito Mussolini because it can support the countries like Japan, Germany, and Italy One reason why propaganda is so important is because propaganda helps or it can support the dictators cause so the dictators can get more power. Like for an example let's say Dr.Seuss who is author for famous children’s book called Cat in the Hat, How the Grinch Stole the Christmas, and even my favorite The Lorax.

He used propaganda to say that he would make Germany strong again after the Depression and that he could save Germany from this. Eventually Hitler began to convince the country that the Jews were the blame for all the things that were happening in Germany, and he did, the population started to believe him and follow his words. Hitler then started to preform marches and parades which made people think that he was on their side and so he gained more votes and support as a result. Propaganda’s main purpose was to convince people, and this is exactly what he did, he convinced enough Germans the Jews had caused Germany’s problems, it convinced then that Hitler and the Nazis could fix these problems. Since he gained so much support he was then voted as Chancellor of

In order to expand upon what appear to be simplistic representations of Nazi ideals, the characteristics of propaganda must be understood. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, propaganda is “ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one’s cause or to damage an opposing cause” (Source 1). Applied to the motivations and goals of Nazi Germany, propaganda promoted nationalism and dehumanization in order to defeat competing countries and gain power. Propaganda machines were and continue to be necessary within governments because they provide the opportunity for countries to justify their actions, gain support for a cause and influence international opinion (Source 2). It is a form of manipulation that everyone is susceptible to because it exploits people’s fears of the unknown and reaffirms what people believe to be true. Hitler strategically used these characteristics of propaganda to create the foundation of Nazi Party.

The Nazi message is communicated through arts and propaganda. Nazi visuals such as posters to represent that Nazi is good and Hitler is a liberating hero. Posters also help boost the production of the workers. Hitler used media such as radio and newspaper. The Nazi bought out a series of affordable radio set for all the public to listen to the speeches to brainwash the people and help to reach Hitler’s voice all over the country. The newspaper help spread information that the Nazi party wanted to control and regarding about their

Thus, Hitler used propaganda which promoted his ideology on anti-semitism among the people which grew in order to turn the Germans against the Jewish people. The Nazi Party also used propaganda in schools. It was a normal curriculum that the nazi ideology was taught in biology, history, and geography. Jews were in depicted biology books as an inferior race who exploited others- in other words the children and young adults grew up in anti-semitism environments which lead them to hating the jews as well. It also lead to the hitler youth organization which educated and trained male children in nazi prinneples Hitler also kept to his word when he spoke his speeches, he provided Germans with the jobs he promised which lifted the spirits of those who were jobless, even if those jobs were from Hitler’s secret military- which indeed violated the Treaty of Versailles. In the end Hitler’s leadership gave that on major step forward to revive the nationalism that once thrived in Germany.

Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, and as a result there was the ability to move the National Socialist party forward and gain momentum. The Nazi party held many ideals that were important and specific to the party. They strived to achieve a pure German race without any “flaws.” To be able to gain the momentum and publicity, the Nazi’s used propaganda to get the ideals of the party to the people. Through the propaganda, radio broadcasting and decrees, the Nazi party was able to convince the general population, basically brainwashing them, to create a unified Germany.

The propaganda in Europe had many factors towards Hitler’s leadership and how it was significant. Hitler possessed a very strong faculty being able to maintain the intrepidity and trust of the Denizens of Germany, bringing them up from penuriousness to one of the most powerful countries in World War 1. Maybe his results from being the leader of Germany wasn’t given the best results, but this genius use of persuasion led Germany to be able to almost win the entire World War. Back then into our society today, Hitler promised his people on what they wanted, and Hitler accomplished it. In our society today with Donald Trump being our president, we don’t get what he promised he said he was going to do. Propaganda was successful, in the article “United States Holocaust Memorial” the author states,“ Hitler used propaganda as an idea of National Socialism among them racism, and antisemitism