The Opposition in Germany Towards the Nazi Regime

The Opposition in Germany Towards the Nazi Regime

During Hitler’s reign in Germany there were a variety of groups and

organisations that opposed him, each of which had different aims and

purposes to gain from it. The opposition ranged from low-level

opposition such as grumbling to very high-end opposition such as

assassination attempts.

Propaganda is the use of information, ideas, and images etc, which are

broadcast to influence people’s opinions. This is done by portraying

only one side of an argument so the public are brainwashed into a

certain opinion. This was done continuously through the Nazi regime to

bombard the public with the Nazi message in order to reduce

opposition. To make sure it was effective “Joseph Goebbels” was hired

and the “Ministry for Peoples Enlightenment and Propaganda”, was set

up. Their aim was to get the Nazi message across and minimise any

opposition to the regime.

[IMAGE]In order to do this effectively the Nazis used several main

types of propaganda. Firstly, they controlled the radio and

newspapers. Journalists where given detailed instructions as to what

to write in their newspapers, and what the radios could broadcast.

Also radios were made astronomically cheap so Germans had more radios

per head than even a wealthy American family. This was so that

everyone could listen to the Nazi ideas being broadcast. These radios

were also locked so that they could not pick up foreign stations.

Secondly, they controlled the films, plays, and literature to make

sure that they conformed to Nazi ideas. Due to this, unwanted

influences to the German public could be stopped, for example Jazz and

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...ny lost the Second World War, but we

have to ask why? One of the main reasons was the use of propaganda and

the fact that this influenced the public’s opinion in favour of the

Nazis. Another key factor was the terror the Nazis had over the German

public and their use of concentration camps. Thirdly, was the lack of

true opposition as the people/groups opposing Hitler did not unite

together. This could have been due to fear or the fact that they all

wanted different outcomes from their opposition. There was also a lack

of high end opposition which would have stopped Hitler dead in his

tracks. On the other hand there was also a lot of admiration for

Hitler and for what he had done for the country. This admiration

outweighs a lot of the opposition as they were in favour of the Nazis

so were not tolerant of the opposition.