Adolf Hitler Propaganda

Between the time of 1933-1945 Adolf Hitler was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer of Nazi Germany. The psychological tactics employed by the Nazi Party were the primary factors resulting in fascism attaining a mass following in Germany. Psychological warfare, also known as ‘PSYWAR’ takes many different forms including propaganda, threats and other psychological techniques to intimidate, mislead, demoralize or otherwise influence the thinking or behaviour of an opponent. Hitler used psychological warfare all the time throughout his time as chancellor and Führer. Hitler’s Youth movement was very popular because of his talent to manipulate the people to follow him and his plan for Germany. The education in the Nazi Party period

was very bias towards the Germany and the Nazi Party, because Hitler wanted the students to be for the Germans and the Nazi Party, they wanted them to think that the Nazi party was all good and will help them. Hitler became president of the Nazi Party in 1934 and made a good and bad impact on everyone. Hitler is known as a bad person because he murdered hundreds and hundreds of people for the sake of it.

Hitler was a very manipulative man when it came to getting power and getting what he wants.

He had many tactics to play mind games on the people he wanted to support him. Propaganda was the art of persuasion. The two main tasks were to ensure nobody in Germany could read or see anything that was hostile or damaging to the Nazi Party and to ensure that the views of the Nazi’s were put across in the most persuasive manner possible. The first tactic that was ever used by Hitler was the way on how he promoted the meeting, he sent out two truckloads of party supporters to drive around with swastikas, cause a big commotion and throw out leaflets. His propaganda, speeches and appears for unity, which could be heard by millions over the radio, gave the impression of an irresistible revolution, which in spite of some outbursts of S.A. brutally was basically a positive force leading to the revival of Germany. Using these tactics would get all the people of Germany to support him and his

plans.

Hitler’s Youth movement very popular during his time of being Chancellor and Führer.

The Hitler Youth was definitely popular from the beginning. He would not rest or relax until every single German was an independent, free, happy man in his Fatherland, “And Hitler, as we heard everywhere, Hitler wanted to bring greatness, happiness and well-being to his Fatherland,” (Inge Scholl, 1961). “What we looked for from our German Youth is different from what people wanted in the past. In our eyes, the German Youth of the future must be slim and slender. We must educate a new type of man so that our people is not ruined by the symptoms of degeneracy of our day,” (Hitler, September 1935). By the end of 1933, the year the Nazi came into power, the Hitler Youth already had over 2 million members. In 1937 they had over 5 million members and over 7 million in 1939. In 1939, about 4 million young people not in the movement, which is about 40 percent of all young Germans. “We heard that we should live for a great cause. We were taken seriously, and indeed in a very special way. We believe ourselves to be members of a great, well-ordered organisation, we felt like we were part of a process, of a movement that created people out of a mass, “ (Inge Scholl, 1961). After World War II many people had second thoughts about the Hitler Youth because of everything they caused and did during the war. The Youth movement was very popular due to Hitler’s manipulation

skills.

The education during this time was very different to what it is now. Every subject was now presented from the National Socialist point of view. The school system was unchanged in the syllabus much more emphasis was on P.E, biology, German and History because these subjects could be easily twisted into giving students a one-sided picture of German racial and cultural superiority. Nazi’s ideology was much less successful in influencing maths and the sciences. Boys were taught a mixture of sport, war games, and Nazi ideology, while girls learnt domestic science in the League of German Girls. All teachers had to be investigated by local Nazi officials. Any teacher that was considered disloyal was sacked right away. All teachers had to be careful with what they said because as the students were encouraged to inform the authorities if a teacher said something that did not fit with the Nazi curriculum for school. Schooling was clearly made just for the Nazi party, so it would twist students mind to give them a one-sided picture of Germany.

Hitler joining the Nazi Party could be called an accident in history. After World War I, Hitler worked for the political department of the German Army. In September 1919, he was ordered to investigate a new group, called the German workers’ party. At first, he was unimpressed by this small group which he soon joined this committee. On April 1 1920, the party its name to the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), also known as the Nazis. April 1st 1920, Hitler became effective spokesperson for the party. In early 1921, Hitler started becoming highly effective at speaking in front of large crowds. To publicize the meeting , Hitler used his psychological tactics to get much more popular. He was now becoming much more popular outside the Nazi Party for his rowdy, at times passionate tirades against the Treaty of Versailles, rival politicians and political groups especially Marxists and Jews. Hitler was officially president of the Nazi Party for the next 11 years.

The psychological tactics employed by the Nazi Party were the primary factors resulting in fascism attaining a mass following in Germany. Hitler and his use of psychological warfare manipulated all the German people to follow him. Hitler’s Youth movement was very popular because of his tactics. Education was revolved all around trying to get the students to think that Hitler was the best Führer. Hitler becoming president was an accident in history. Therefore, the psychological tactics employed by the Nazi Party were the primary factors resulting in fascism attaining a mass following in Germany.