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Propaganda Flashcards

1
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What is the definition of propaganda

A

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view

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2
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What were Hitlers initial ideas for propaganda when he joined the party

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Encourages leaders to take out ads and promote meetings

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3
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What was Hitlers initial role within the Nazi party

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Propaganda director

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4
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What did Hitler create as Propaganda director

A

The parties flag- it had ancient roots with Hindus

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5
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Who was the Naz press chief

A

Otto Dietrich

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6
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Who was the minister of propaganda

A

Joseph Goebbles

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7
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What forms could propaganda take

A

Speeches, radios, films, parades, books, education and newspaper

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8
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How many privately owned newspapers were there in January 1933

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4700

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What type of newspapers closed down during the decree for the protection of the people and the state

A

Leftist

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10
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By December 1933 how many daily newspapers did the Nazis own

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27

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11
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How many Nazi newspapers were in circulation everyday

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2.4 million

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12
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What was on the cover of Nazi newspapers and why

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Antisemitic ideas so it would be the first thing they would see

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13
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Why was the ideas of radios so important

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Hitler and Goebbels believes the spoken word was better than the written word

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14
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How many broadcasts did Hitler make in 1933

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Over 50, sirens rang so those who were working stopped to listen

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15
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By what month and year were all radio stations in Germany under control of propaganda ministry

A

April 1934

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15
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What percentage of households had radios in 1939

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70%

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16
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Why did so many households have radios

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Only 76 reichsmarks so made them affordable, mass produced making them cheaper

17
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Why were the radios good in regards the channels

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Only 2 channels and both had air time of Hitler

18
Q

What percentage of the sales were radios in 1935

A

75% of them

19
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When had 100,000 radios been sold

A

August 18th 1933

20
Q

Why were films used for propaganda

A

Films can work on subconscious and reinforce prejudices with subliminal messages

21
Q

What happened in regards to foreign films

A

They were carefully monitored, many American films banned besides Disney cartoons

22
Q

How many films were created between 1933 and 1945

A

Over 1000

23
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How much did cinema attendance increase by between 1933 and 1944

A

400%

24
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What percentage of films were directly political

A

14%, many just had hidden messages

25
Q

What did Nazi films glorify

A

Hitler, ideology and youth programmes

26
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What happened to films that promoted weakness

A

They were banned

27
Q

What did marches and parades look like

A

Consisted of uniforms, banners, party songs sung, torches being carried and swastikas hung from the streets

28
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Why was the look of the marches and parades important

A

So it looked like the Nazis had huge population

29
Q

How many people attended the Nuremberg rallies in 1938

A

1,000,000 people

30
Q

What event occurred in 1936 in Germany that helped grow support for Nazis worldwide

A

Berlin Olympics, it was a global event covered in swastikas, made competitors do Nazi solutes and made it look as though all was good within Germany

31
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How many copies of Mein Kampf sold before Hitler became chancellor in 1933

A

240,000

32
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Who were given free Mein Kampf books

A

Every newly wed couple and every soldier fighting at the front

33
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By 1939 how many copies had been sold and in how many languages- Mein Kampf

A

5.2 million copies in 11 languages

34
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By the end of the war how many Mein Kampf copies had been sold

A

10 million

35
Q

How did posters portray Jews

A

As commercial and villianish

36
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What did most posters consist of

A

Blonde hair blue eye families

37
Q

When a travesty was being shown what colour would they use and why

A

Red to represent the communists saying that they caused these issues

38
Q

Why was placing Hitler and Hindenburg on a poster a good idea

A

As it symbolised power

39
Q

How were school children dressed when performing their school song

A

Like soldiers

40
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What were the schools songs suggesting

A

We needed to purify Germany, presenting anti sematic views

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