How Did Hitler Use Propaganda

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” –Joseph Goebbels. The honesty behind these words are indeed, proven to be true. This quote by the Nazi Propaganda Minister himself is more or less describing Nazi’s formula as to how they control the Germany and its people. With the help of Propagandas and a system called censorship, Adolf Hitler

Propaganda, the art of manipulation of information with the use of media to aggressively promote a point of view, played a major role in helping the Nazis accomplished their ideas. Hitler was very much aware the value of a good propaganda when he was exposed to the effectiveness of British propaganda. He then assigned Goebbels, his right-hand man as the Ministry Of Propaganda and National Enlightenment. Goebbels’ main ambitions were to convince the public of the Nazi’s ideological point of view and to ensure the public sees the Nazis in a positive light. By using propaganda, it can help them accomplished these goals. There are various methods of propaganda in conveying messages to the viewers. The head of the Nazi Propaganda used some of these methods to publicize the propaganda, which were, posters, newspapers, radios, and films. They used posters because it is cheap and easy to distribute. It can also be positioned in noticeable locations and act as a constant reminder of an ideology. Nazi also tried controlling the newspaper, journalist were given regular briefings, containing information

Goebbels improved the Nazi’s use of propaganda to even greater effect. Each year in August, huge rallies were held at Nuremberg. Not only that, Nazi successes, Hitler’s birthday were also celebrated. In 1935, around 30.000 people –1.600 were soldiers—attended the rallies. In addition, this showed how devoted and loyal many Germans were to the Nazis. Goebbels used marches, rallies and festivals to increase power. By holding grand and impressive rallies, the Nazis could gain loyalty from the people of Germany. Using his own skills of persuasiveness, Hitler appealed to the patriotism of the German people. Discipline, orders and power were important factors in rallies. What the rallies have done is they gave the Germans a sense that they belong to a great movement but however, it also highlighted the fact that Germans created order out of chaos. The press and radios advertised the rallies a lot. Hitler’s speeches in the rallies were often broadcasted through radios