PROPAGANDA Flashcards
(37 cards)
NEWSPAPERS
1933 how many newspapers privately owned (not under Nazis)
4700
NEWSPAPERS
How did the Reich handle privately owned newspapers?
3
-Reichstag fire decree
-Geobbles buy them (only 27, too many)
-introduced editors law (censorship)
NEWSPAPERS
pros
3
-censorship - editors law
-wide readership - all class and ages
-unaware of nazi ownership - reduce bias
NEWSPAPERS
cons
3
-choice
-bland
-hard to keep track of
RADIO
Geobbles opinion
most effecitve
‘peoples receiver’ - bring Fuhrer into home
RADIO
pros
4
-high ownership (70% highest globally)
-enjoyable
-public
-control - 1 station Reich Radio Company
(13% unpure banned)
RADIO
What was the Nazi radio station called?
Reich Radio Company
RADIO
% banned
13%
RADIO
CONS
2
•not all homes owned one
•could tune in from other stations
FILMS
Past what date was Geobbles responsible for ALL films
1933
FILMS
2 types of films that did get banned
1 type of film that didn’t
Did
1. Foreign
2. Pacifism (non war)
Didn’t
•Disney
FILMS
FILMS
pros
4
•banned films
•subtle propaganda
•escapism
•views rose 1933-1935
FILMS
Cons
2
- Banning foreign films caused alarm for allies
- Expensive
PARADES / RALLIES
Geobbles quote
‘Turning people from a little work into a large dragon’
PARADES / RALLIES
Key rally
Nuremberg Rally
PARADES / RALLIES
4
- Swatstika banners - surveillance from block leaders
- Visual proof and r support
- Book burnings
- Intimidate threats
PARADES / RALLIES
Cons
2
Not show genuine support - threatened
Raise concerns to allies
BERLIN OLYMPICS
When?
1936
BERLIN OLYMPICS 1936
When was it announced
1931 - before Hitler in power
BERLIN OLYMPICS 1936
Aim
Glorify Nazi regime without drawing suspicion from allies
Anti Jew downplayed
BERLIN OLYMPICS 1936
Cost and seats
42 million Reichmarks
110,000
BERLIN OLYMPICS 1936
Radio
Broadcast in 28 languages
BERLIN OLYMPICS 1936
Film
Director Leni Riefenstahl- 33 camera operators, 1 million feet of film, 4 hour film called Olympia