NAZI PROPAGANDA

1. NAZI PROPAGANDA YEAR 9

2. CULTURE MUSIC - The Nazis only listened to Beethoven and Mozart but not jazz as it is referred to black music which is racially inferior. THEATRE - Cheap tickets were available only if you joined the “Nazis cultural association” you could see ten plays at half price but you could not choose which play or when you want to go to the theatre because Goebbels controlled that too. LITERATURE - Goebbels drew up a list of banned books which were removed by the Gestapo from bookshops and libraries. In May 1933 the Nazis encouraged young children to burn the books they believed were un-children and Jewish. A model Nazis book was written by Goebbels in 1929 to persuade citizens that war was a good time.

3. Music. The Nazis believed that other music was racially inferior to their type of music. They said that other music such as ‘Jazz’ which was at that period of time, black American music was said to be anti-Nazi, as a consequence it was band from music along with all other music accept German; folk music and traditional composers such as Beethoven and Mozart.

4. Literature. Goebbels drew up a list of banned books, which were removed by the Gestapo from book shops and libraries in May 1933. The Nazis encouraged students to burn the book which they believed were un-German and Jewish.

5. Theatre. Theatre should concentrate on German history and political drama. Cheap theatre tickets were available, if you joined the Nazi cultural association you could see 10 plays at half price, but you could not choose which plays you went to see or when you went to see them because Goebbels controlled that to.

6. RADIO • Goebbels used the radio as a propaganda scheme, he made a radio company called Reich Radio company which made cheap radios called “The Peoples Receiver” which was so cheap that soon 7 out of 10 households had one however they still but up 6000 loud speaker pillars were put up so the 30% that didn’t have a radio could still listen to the radio in public. • There were radio wardens that encouraged people to buy a “peoples receiver”.

7. Why was the radio so important to the Nazis. • The radio was important because Hitler was a great speaker but looked odd, thousands of people go to the Nazi rallies but millions of people could now hear Hitler's amazing speeches from their own homes and would be more inspired by Hitler's ideas. • The radio also helped when Hitler was still trying to get power, he would do loads of rallies on the radio and circle round Germany in another new invention the aeroplane but back then the majority didn’t have a radio but those who did were soon fascinated by his ideas.

8. Radio Content • The content of the radio was all German they wouldn’t be able to tune into foreign broadcasts. • Typical broadcasts were… • German music • Programmes about German History • And Hitler's speeches • They also made frequent news flashes and community programmes which taught children how to serve Germany. • The local radio wardens put in certain pieces, one of them was as followed… • “Attention! The Fuhrer is speaking on all the German radio stations at 11am-11.50am the district party headquarters have ordered that all the factory owners department stores offices shops pubs and block of flats put up a loud speaker an hour before the broadcast of the Fuhrers speech so the whole workforce and all the national comrades can participate fully in the broadcast.

9. Conclusion • The radio was very important to the Nazis because Hitler was such a good speaker and it was the latest technology it was also easy propaganda and people kept true to the Nazis and couldn’t listen to any foreign broadcasts. The was plenty of evidence that showed that the radio meant a lot, their own radio company and brand of radios, public speeches and posters with headings such as “All Germany hears the Fuhrer with the peoples speaker” with a picture of a massive crowd of people round a huge “people receiver” this showed that everyone was together when they listened to the radio which made people go out and buy one.

10. FILMS The Nazis made over a thousand films in ten years. That’s almost 100 a year and 1 every 3 days! You were only allowed into the cinema at the start of the programme so you had to watch news reels and a short documentary film which carried the Nazis’ message: Two examples of the films are Jud Suss - about an evil Jew and Ohm Kruger - an anti British film about the Boer war – both films showed enemies of the Nazis in a bad light. They also made films to make Germany look better and so people who couldn’t go to rallies could watch what happens there, and listen to what Hitler says, e.g. Triumph of the Will and Olympiade (about the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games)

11. Architecture Hitler favoured two styles of architecture: The ‘monumental style’ for public buildings. This meant that they were supposed to be large and made of stone. They would often copy the buildings of ancient Greece and Rome with lots of columns and steps. The ‘country style’ for family homes and youth hostels. These were traditional folk-style buildings using wood and stones with shutters and pitched roofs.

12. Architecture Hitler believed architecture was the finest of the arts and that it could influence people’s lives. In his later years as leader he became more involved in his pet architectural projects. He favoured two styles ‘monumental’ and ‘country’. We think that the monumental style shows Nazi power and the country style encourages the role of women as mothers and home makers and men as providers. We also think that the monumental style shows that the state is important and powerful.

13. What kind of art did Hitler like? Hitler liked art like this, it Showed the power of Germany, and that they would do anything to protect their country. In his past Hitler used to draw art like this, it showed that he favoured classic art of monumental buildings. Hitler disliked this kind of art, he thought it showed Germany as a powerless country.

14. Art Hitler had tried to earn a living as an artist and had very definite ideas on art. He disliked modern art and sculpture and preferred art which showed heroic. German figures, the power of the ‘master race’ or rural family scenes. He despised the art of Weimar Germany, which he attacked as degenerate (perverted), unpatriotic and Jewish. He wanted art to reject the weak and ugly and glorify healthy and strong heroes.

15. art In 1937 the Nazis opened the House of German Art to show officially approved art . At the same time they also put on exhibition unacceptable ‘degenerate art’ which had been banned by the Reich Chamber of Culture. The pictures were often hung without frames and labelled with rude explanations or filthy jokes. This exhibition was very popular and attracted five times as many visitors as the approved German art exhibition!!!!!

16. Conclusion The Nazis used different types of propaganda to win over German society. Art and architecture were particularly useful in appealing to the upper and middle classes. Hitler’s aim was to reject the weak and ugly, but glorify the healthy and strong, he was going to achieve this by filling Germany with beautiful art, that told many useful messages, also building magnificent statues and buildings, to show that Germany is both strong and powerful. Hitler desperately wanted to be like the Romans, as they commanded respect and were strong, loyal fighters.

17. Festivals & Rallies • Day of Seizing Power - 30th January • Hitler's birthday - April - public holiday • War Hero Day - March • Culture Day - July • Nuremburg Rally – September – week long spectacle of marches, parades & speeches • Anniversary of the Munich Putsch - 8th-9th Nov

18. Hitler's Birthday Hitler’s birthday was in April and Nazis compared Hitler to Jesus Christ as a saviour of Germany who had had to make sacrifices for his beliefs. Focusing on Hitler in April drew people’s attention away from Easter and remembering the martyrs of the Munich Putsch in November did the same for Christmas. The Nazis wanted their festivals to be the focus of people’s lives, not the traditional Christian festivals which reminded Germans of their religious loyalties.

19. How this type of propaganda helped Hitler This propaganda helped Hitler because everyone in Germany knew about the festivals and rallies and everyone was egger to attend and if you couldn’t it was broadcast on the radio and was filmed for everyone to watch.