The Nazis effectively used propaganda to win the support of millions of Germans in a democracy and, later in a dictatorship, to facilitate persecution, war, and ultimately genocide.
Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment
In the days after the Nazi electoral victories of July 1932, Adolf Hitler informed Joseph Goebbels that he intended to make Goebbels director of a new propaganda ministry when the Nazis took over the reins of national government.
From the 1920s onwards, the Nazi Party targeted German youth as a special audience for its propaganda messages.
A cornerstone of Nazi ideology and propaganda was the creation of a “national community” (Volksgemeinschaft), a racial union of all “Aryan” Germans that would transcend class, religious, and regional differences.
A key part of Nazi ideology was to define the enemy and those who posed a threat to the so-called “Aryan” race. Nazi propaganda was essential in promoting the myth of the “national community” and identifying who should be excluded. Jews were considered the main enemy.
This video looks at one of history's most notorious newspapers, the Nazi propaganda machine that was Der Sturmer. This newspaper was set up by Julius Streicher, and would feature horrifically anti-semitic images and information in an attempt to poison the minds of the readers. Streicher would become close to Adolf Hitler, and his ideas and writing would be endorsed throughout the Third Reich and Germany.
Nazi Propaganda: Hitler saw propaganda emerge as a powerful tool of psychological warfare, one that he would use to build the Nazi movement.
How the Nazis brainwashed students.
For Nazi propaganda go to the 11 minute mark of this video.