🛑 3.3 Controlling Ideas

Question 1

Q1: How did the Nazis use censorship to control ideas?

Answer 1

A1: The Nazis banned newspapers, books, and media that criticised them or didn’t match their views.

Question 2

Q2: What happened to books that disagreed with Nazi beliefs?

Answer 2

A2: They were burned in public, especially in 1933 by Nazi students.

Question 3

Q3: Who was in charge of Nazi propaganda?

Answer 3

A3: Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda.

Question 4

Q4: What methods did the Nazis use for propaganda?

Answer 4

A4: They used posters, mass rallies, cheap radios, films, and newspapers to spread Nazi messages.

Question 5

Q5: Why were radios important for Nazi propaganda?

Answer 5

A5: Radios were made cheap and installed in public places so everyone could hear Hitler’s speeches.

Question 6

Q6: How did Nazis control education?

Answer 6

A6: They changed the curriculum to focus on Nazism, race, and military training. Teachers had to join the Nazi Teachers’ League.

Question 7

Q7: What was the Hitler Youth?

Answer 7

A7: A youth group for boys to train them to be loyal soldiers for Nazi Germany.

Question 8

Q8: What was the League of German Maidens?

Answer 8

A8: A Nazi youth group for girls, teaching them to be loyal wives and mothers.

Question 9

Q9: How did some churches respond to Nazi control?

Answer 9

A9: Some, like Pastor Niemöller, opposed the Nazis and were arrested.

Question 10

Q10: How did other churches respond to the Nazis?

Answer 10

A10: Some cooperated, like the Reich Church, which accepted Nazi ideas.