Daily Life in Nazi Germany

Daily Life in Nazi Germany

After assuming political power, Adolph Hitler decided to implement his

mission of reviving German strength, acquiring territory for more

living space or Lebensraum, and establishing a foundation of a pure

racial state. In order to achieve his goals, Hitler needed to create a

national community unified in mind, will, and spirit.

(Volksgemeinschaft).

Volksgemeinschaft could only be attained through total state control;

therefore, every area of cultural and social life had to be controlled

to achieve Nazi ideals. Culture, the press, movies, and children’s

activities were among the many aspects of daily life controlled by the

Nazis.

In order to control information and propaganda, controls were placed

on the entertainment and communications industries. Hitler authorized

the establishment of the Reich Chamber of Culture and appointed Joseph

Gobbles as Minister of Propaganda. The Reich Chamber of Culture

consisted of seven divisions: music, theater, literature, radio

broadcasting, the press, visual arts, and film. The Chamber of Culture

was mainly only established to keep undesirables such as Jews and

other minorities out.

All German newspapers were brought under the control of the Eher

Verlag, the Nazi publishing house where propaganda articles were

pre-written for the newspapers to use. Buildings in Germany were meant

to last a thousand years and were built to represent mediaeval themes.

Film in Nazi Germany glorified the party, Adolph Hitler, and martyrdom

for Nazism.

In their desire to establish a total state, the Nazis understood the

importance of “selling” their ideology to the youth. To...

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...s were subjected to medical

experiments, particularly sterilizations. Although only Jews and

Gypsies were gassed routinely, several hundred thousand other

Auschwitz inmates died from starvation, disease, or shooting. To erase

the traces of destruction, large crematoria were built so that the

bodies of the gassed could be incinerated. In 1944 the camp was

photographed by Allied reconnaissance aircraft in search of industrial

targets; its factories, but not its gas chambers, were bombed.

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Areas I got information for this project

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERnazigermany.htm

School text book “Germany 1918-1945”

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/germany/propaganda.html

www.bbc.co.uk/bitesizerevision

“Mein Kampf” Hitler’s autobiography

And other sources

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