How Important It Is Setting The Stage Of Propaganda With Design

writing as it is explained by ‘’Mary Pipher” in “Writing to change the world” is that

However, as Wolfgang Ruge argues, “the Nazi party developed a propaganda apparatus whose activities far eclipsed all previous heights of the demagogy of German imperialism.” On this note, it is widely agreed by historians that the regime was highly successful in one of Friedreich's principles; control of the increasingly powerful mass media in German society as a mechanism for public control. Primarily coordinated through the work of propaganda minister Goebbels, Hitler was portrayed as a leader who was at the same time moderate and reasonable who put the national good before his own interest. Other themes highlighted images of strength and authority which appealed to the highly nationalist German population; epitomised by Hitler appearing out of the sky to lead the German people depicted in Riefenstahl's 1934 film Triumph of the Will, still widely considered the most influential propaganda film of all time. The radio, state produced to be inexpensive, become the regimes number one weapon as it allowed propaganda to not only infiltrate but permeate as many homes as possible.

“The staging itself reminded the audience of how fascists use such panoramas: […] Hitler at the Nazi Party Conference at Nuremberg in 1934 as reevoked in the monumental Triumph of the Will” (Crowl, 53). The huge red scrolls and banners with Richard’s badge of boar, the vast crowd waving red flags, all these imageries created by Richard Loncraine echo the past “glory” of Hitler when he convinced tamed German citizens with his mouth.

Totalitarian leaders used propaganda to persuade followers to believe that their country would be restored again. Propaganda is when information deliberately spread to help or harm a person, group, or institution. This allows people to be pursued by the leaders and gives the leaders the advantages. In document C, poster created by the Nazi government in 1938, encourages Germans to vote for the annexation of Austria. In the poster you can see that their is hands in air showing that Germany is always united. In this poster, you can see that at the top there are some letters, these letter in English means United Germany. At the bottom the word “Ja!” means YES!. This means that the people are proud of their country. In document B, a speech by

1. How much did the poster “Destroy this Mad Brute” rely on vilifying the German people? Do you think it was necessary?

Both negative and positive, propaganda affects our lives daily sometimes without us even acknowledging that it exists. The main goal of propaganda is trying to sell your product or idea to other people, one major form of Propaganda occurs in the news. Propaganda is used for companies and trend setters who want to get their products and ideas out in the world so that they could potentially become popular. Smart propagandists discovered that to create the best propaganda, the viewer must not even realize that the product or idea is being sold to them. Propaganda creates an extremely large impact on us and is sometimes mistaken for being “just another advertisement” when they actually change the way we live our lives.

After watching Adolf Hitler’s speech, he is very intimidating just because of the way he looks. He states what his audience wants to hear and gives them courage to fight for the change that they want. He builds fear in the audience by stating, “Once, our enemies worried us and persecuted us and, from time to time removed lesser elements from the Movement for us” (News and Politics). In other words, saying that enough is enough. No longer can the German people let their enemies step all over them and do as they please with them. Basically, stating that their enemies have made them believe that they are superior to them, when they aren’t. The camera often focuses on the audience which are well dressed in suits and who can be trusted.

Speer’s decision on joining the Nazi party had an improvement of impact to his work as an architect. Even though that didn’t give him many opportunities to create buildings it still gave home work in the field that he loved doing. Having been given the chance to redecorate headquarters, Speer still had shown that he was a willing and capable person to achieving anything and by doing so it had created more jobs and had pushed him closer and closer into becoming a well know architect. Having seen the plans for the Nuremburg rallies Speer, being a person to welcome on challenges had stated that he could do better with the designs for the rally. Speer had wanted to create a setting designed to impress the audience that would make them walk into the stadium at night that then they were confronted with a raised platform to which was draped with two huge black, white and red banners, each taller than a 10 story building with a third swastika banner between them. Illuminated by 130 searchlights this headed towards the heaven this ‘cathedral of lights’ had been the main design and basis for the rally. Splendid in design and marvelous in sight, this was one of Speer’s memorable works, which had given him his statue as a magnificent architect.

Ben Ross teaches his students a remarkable lesson about the Nazi by creating The Wave. The purpose of his experiment is to teach his students how the Nazi was able to manipulate the German people. In this process, propaganda is pivotal; this was used by the Nazi to gather support from German. Nazi propaganda relied heavily on slogans and symbol; for instance, the Swastika was used to symbolize “good fortune” and “well-being”. Likewise, Mr. Ross draws, “a circle with the outline of a wave inside it” (43; ch. 6), as a symbol for The Wave because, “it has movement, direction and impact” (43; ch. 6); or, he uses a simple slogan, “Strength Through Discipline, Strength Through Community, Strength Through Action!” (62; ch. 8), to demonstrate the importance of discipline in reality. Next is the illusion. The Nazi Germany gives people faith in a superior

We follow you, leader.” The poster emphasizes and tries to persuade the public opinion that Hitler was the epitome of what a supreme leader is. The poster portrays an oversized picture of Hitler positioned to appear to look like a strong-minded leader. The community is looking up at him with raised hands in an approving and adulating manner. The poster attempts to influence people how they should feel about Hitler by persuading them to believe he is the ultimate leader. His stance with the clenched fist indicates that he is ready to rule outwardly and take care of the people. The poster tries to show the people if they stand behind Hitler and follow his lead good things will happen. The propaganda message symbolizes a forced belief and was intended to deceive the people even though it gained more

After the collapse of the Weimar Republic, a charismatic political leader Adolf Hitler rose to power instituting one of the most horrific political regimes in human history. Under Hitler’s control, Germany was transformed into a fascist state in which the Nazi party took totalitarian control over nearly all aspects of German life. Hitler administered and over saw fascist policies that resulted in the genocide of millions. In 1936, Walter Benjamin postulated the idea of “aestheticization of politics” under German fascism, in which the outcome of these fascist policies stems from the establishment of aesthetics into politics. Benjamin coined the phrase “aestheticization of politics” with the Nazi regime in mind. This was a regime that new how to deploy aesthetics brilliantly, which can be seen in the film Triumph of the Will by Leni Riefenstahl.

Another one of these “mobilizing passions” or fascisms foundation was: the belief that one’s group is a victim, a sentiment that justifies any action, without legal or moral limits, against its enemies, both internal and external. The Nazi Regime wanted the German population to feel victimized after WW1. Victimized by the allied powers. The Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany of their power, not only economically, with all of the reparations that they had to pay, but politically, having to give up a lot of their territories. Germany had to accept full responsibility for the war, and they were not happy with it. Hitler’s Nazi regime saw a way to take advantage of this. With all of the bad feelings towards the other countries, Hitler found a way to create an over powering sense of nationalism within Germany. In Triumph of the Will it shows crowds of people waiting for Hitler to appear. In the front of the crowd are young men in lines waiting in uniforms and behind them are citizens of Germany filling up the stands with not an empty seat in the house. When

Ben Ross teaches his students a remarkable lesson about the Nazi by creating The Wave. The purpose of his experiment is to teach his students how the Nazi was able to manipulate the German people. In this process, propaganda is pivotal; this was used by the Nazi to gather support from German. Nazi propaganda relied heavily on slogans and symbol; for instance, the Swastika was used to symbolize “good fortune” and “well-being”. Likewise, Mr. Ross uses a simple slogan, “Strength Through Discipline, Strength Through Community, Strength Through Action!” (62; ch. 8), to demonstrate the importance of discipline in reality; or, he draws, “a circle with the outline of a wave inside it” (43; ch. 6), as a symbol for The Wave because, “it has movement, direction and impact” (43; ch. 6). Next is the illusion. The Nazi Germany gives people faith in a superior Germany, thereby, it can control people in the name of good cause. However, the idea comes with a condition which is the elimination of people who are unlike them. The Party recruits more and more

We through the shots of the crowd and the footage of the German army that the people are only ever happy and laughing. “It is our wish and will that this State and Reich will endure for millennia to come….the magnificent, glorious army, those old, proud warriors of our Nation, will be joined by the political leadership of the Party equally tradition minded, and then these two institutions together will educate and strengthen the German Man and carry on their shoulders the German State, the German Reich.” Riefenstahl does not keep the camera on Hitler throughout the whole speech but rather she pans the audience actively listening, applauding, and nodding. This furthers the idea of support and not just support by some but the masses. She again zooms closely on individual’s faces to show their approval but then has deep shots where one can see a crowd adoring its god and his ludicrous

Propaganda is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as ‘the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person’.