How Did Hitler Use Propaganda
Hitler solidified his control over the German government through the use of the foot in the door phenomenon. In other words, Hitler solidified his spot in the German government through gradual, small actions. Hitler’s bravery throughout the war was well renowned post World War 1. From there, he started becoming involved in the German Worker’s Party and eventually became the leader of this small, nationalist group. In a short amount of time, this nationalist group would become more popular and desirable due to the lack of control in Germany’s current system of politics— Democracy. Slowly, this nationalist group would gain more control within Germany’s parliament and eventually increase its numbers. Hitler was able to increase the numbers of
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Through the use of propaganda, Hitler appointed Josef Goebbels to direct the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. This propaganda that deemed the Aryan race as superior and everyone else, especially the Jews, as inferior, was spread in every possible way in Germany. Whether the propaganda was spread through film, books, or music, the propaganda all had one main message— Germany, which consists of the Aryan race, is being infested because of Jews and Hitler can fix that problem. The propaganda was spread to children of all ages and adults while other forms of education that did not match Nazi ideology was being destroyed in various acts, such as public book burnings. This is considered as indoctrination rather than education because to be educated, all perspectives of situations should be learned. However, in Germany, one form of thinking was taught and that thinking was Nazi ideology. If the youth and older generation are only being fed biased information, they are obviously going to blindly obey these ideals. The use of indoctrination created a blind
Through the use of propaganda, Hitler appointed Josef Goebbels to direct the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. This propaganda that deemed the Aryan race as superior and everyone else, especially the Jews, as inferior, was spread in every possible way in Germany. Whether the propaganda was spread through film, books, or music, the propaganda all had one main message— Germany, which consists of the Aryan race, is being infested because of Jews and Hitler can fix that problem. The propaganda was spread to children of all ages and adults while other forms of education that did not match Nazi ideology was being destroyed in various acts, such as public book burnings. This is considered as indoctrination rather than education because to be educated, all perspectives of situations should be learned. However, in Germany, one form of thinking was taught and that thinking was Nazi ideology. If the youth and older generation are only being fed biased information, they are obviously going to blindly obey these ideals. The use of indoctrination created a blind