How Did Hitler Use Propaganda

“All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach”.(Hitler)His propaganda was specifically intended towards the Jews, and his promise was to eviscerate the jewish culture. His attempt succeeded, and many of the Germans agreed with him, because he gave them a reason too. Hitler's rhetoric was unforeseen at the time, and many were overwhelmed. “The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force”(Hitler). He forced the blame towards the Jews in his propaganda, and he gave the people a reason to believe that he was right. Soon after the Jews were disappearing, more people started to follow him. His techniques

There is no better way than to describe the act of mind control as the term “brainwash”. However, brainwashing effectively ties together with the use of propaganda by reaching out to a certain group of people in this case the Germans and the citizens of the world state through advertisements such as images, books, news, radios, and the press. In both the novel, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and the Nazi Party in Germany who was ruled by Adolf Hitler there are various ways that brainwashing and propaganda gradually take place in both the past, from the year 1933 to 1945 and the believed future of After Ford 632. Propaganda and mind control are two manipulating strategies used to destroy the identities of innocent citizens in both the Nazi Party in Germany and in the World State. Ultimately, the Transference, Bandwagon and Glittering Generalities propaganda techniques are three efficient plans used to overpower the people of Germany as well as the World State as they are controlled and influenced by the same propaganda techniques but in different aspects.

All media was controlled by the Nazis. Newspapers, radio stations, films obeyed and said what the Nazis told them to. A number of rallies were put on to emphasise just how strong Nazi Germany was. Goebbels was in charge of this and was also very successful. He was able to persuade people into believing that Hitler and the Nazis were right. All Nazi view points on everything were always emphasized. Groups opposing the Nazis such as socialist, communists, liberals, democrats, Jews and other group were targeted by the Nazis. All books were censored, over 2500 authors banned and many books burnt on the streets. Propaganda manipulated Hitler’s image very carefully so that he would be portrayed as a kind, hardworking man with simple tasks.

Hitler and the Nazis used propaganda to suppress the Jews’ freedoms and human rights. Films portrayed Germans as powerful and mighty while showing the Jews to be “subhuman creatures” (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 1). German newspapers portrayed Jews in their cartoons as anti semitic caricatures while radios played Hitler’s manipulative speeches all over Germany. By dehumanizing Jewish people through propaganda, Hitler was able to encourage Germans to support the Nazis and look down on the Jews. Without propaganda, less people would have been motivated to support Hitler.

As Adolf Hitler began to gain power in Germany, propaganda was a key component of his political plan. Hitler believed that propaganda was the best way to unite the masses. He used propaganda in a different manner than Charles Foster Kane did in the film, but it had the same goal; to formulate the opinions of the people of Germany in his favor. Hitler believed that the best use of propaganda was through simple slogans that specifically targeted the emotions of the middle and lower classes. The main emotion that was targeted by Hitler and the Nazi party was terror. “Many Germans, seduced by Nazi propaganda, accepted terror as a legitimate weapon against subversives and racial defilers who threatened the new Germany” (Perry 445). As seen with the people of Germany during the 1930’s and 1940’s, propaganda can easily sway the beliefs of the people. While Hitler believed that propaganda was the key to uniting the masses, it was not through written sources that he believed the key lied to reach unity, it was through speeches. This is also seen in Citizen Kane.

During World War I, propaganda was heavily used to raise the amount of troops the British had. Many portrayed that the war would only last for a couple weeks and would be over before Christmas. This was thought as many of the wars since the early 1800’s, had ended in a matter of weeks. Obviously, this was not the case as the war lasted for several years. British propaganda also broke Germany’s morale to an extent as they basically slandered the German’s. They did this to attempt to draw the United States out and have them join the war on the side of Great Britain. (World-Information.org, 2007) This was one of the two main reasons they used propaganda. The other main reason was to urge citizens to join the military to fight. Some propaganda contained people looking generally happy while they were standing in a trench. This created the false idea that people were happy being at war and that the war would be over soon. In fact, many soldiers felt the opposite while they were fighting.

Hitler used catchy slogans with messages that praised the Nazi party and attacked the Jews. The idea was to capture people's attention with phrases they would remember and eventually believe. Propaganda films, music, and plays became popular with the Nazi party as well. Before Hitler even rose to power, he wrote a book called Mein Kampf which portrayed his ideals of National socialism, racism, and antisemitism (www.ushmm.org). It was one of his earliest forms of propaganda which sought to communicate his beliefs to readers in hopes of convincing them.

Wartime propaganda has been a major influence in most, if not all, the wars. Propaganda was a powerful weapon in war. It was used in the time of war in many ways. It was utilized to dehumanize and create hatred toward an enemy by creating a false image in the mind of the soldiers and citizens, and to hold power for a leader or dictator.

“Hitler’s Propaganda Machine” by Robert B. Nelson describes how the Nazi regime used a wide variety of propaganda to widely influence the German people to support Hitler’s dictatorship and furthermore, support the upcoming wars. After World War I occurred, Germany was to blame for the reparations caused from the war; they were in a great amount of debt which destroyed their economy. With this unfortunate situation occurring, Germans supported Hitler’s rise to power in hope to strengthen their economy and country. After Hitler’s rise to power, he put much effort into his Propaganda Machine in order to stabilize powers within the Nazi totalitarian regime. Almost all of Germany’s cultural aspects were influenced by propaganda tactics as well as the reference to anti-Semitism which blamed the Jews for all the troubles that Germany has faced.

During Adolf Hitler’s rule as dictator over Germany, he led a movement known as the Holocaust. His intentions were to eliminate the entire Jewish race, along with anyone else who was unlike him because he looked upon these people as being inferior to Germans; however, his largest target of elimination was the Jews. These German people were aware of the cruel acts being performed by Hitler and his army, but were full of fear and not completely informed so they did not speak out against him. Josef Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda, placed countless amounts of propaganda techniques into place through a number of different mediums in order to ensure the German citizens did not feel compelled to reach out to help the Jewish people (“How Did the Nazis Use Propaganda?”).

In the early 1930’s, one of Germany’s most well-known leaders, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor by President Hindenburg. Hitler’s newly obtained responsibility quickly became an issue when he immediately decided to expand his powers and began dismantling the democratic constitution that existed previously. During this same decade, a large portion of the German society was persuaded to support the hatred and violence that was taking place during this time period. They believed the war they were fighting was in order to make an effort to create amends regarding all the prior wrongs and perceived wrongs that have been committed against them. Their ultimate goal was to create Germany’s idea of a true utopia.

“We are a Party that shall make a difference to Germany and sort out its massive problems" Hitler was waiting for something like the depression to happen so the Nazis could claim power. One of Nazi's promises was to end the massive unemployment by creating job schemes. "We promise to increase the profits for people who have their own business. We promise to make Germany great again. We promise to help Germany’s Farmers and Shopkeepers. We promise something for everyone apart from Jews and Communists"

One way Hitler persuaded the German people was through propaganda. A specific example of how Hitler and the Nazis used propaganda to generate obedience was to create the ‘perfect race’. Hitler and the Nazis adopted the Darwinian evolutionary theory, expressing the statement of survival of the fittest. Hitler used pseudo-scientific (falsified) research to support claims that Germans were the master race that would lead mankind. Hitler said that one of the causes that Germany lost World War I was because the German race was weakened through Aryans marrying non-Aryans. In order to make Germany strong again, the Nazis had to ensure the absolute purity of the Aryan race (Pine). Through propaganda posters, Hitler encouraged this image by showing

Hitler was a german politician who became leader of Germany through steps. HItler used many forms of propaganda to convince the German Citizens that Jews were the problem for their situation. Hitler also held rallies throughout Germany to further convince the Germans that his message was correct. Hitler’s message to the German citizens was that Jews are the reason for Germany’s economic situation. The propaganda in Germany continued in Hitler’s running and even later after he becomes fuhrer.

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