Negative Propaganda

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`We must remember that in time of war what is said on the enemy’s side of the front is always propaganda, and what is said on our side of the front is ‘’truth’’ and righteousness, the cause of humanity and a crusade for ‘’peace’’.’’- Walter Lippmann In the most destructive war in the history, propaganda became a new way of attempt to influence in a huge manner a notable percent of public opinion by using media or any alternative via of communication. Somehow, in World War II the known term ‘’propaganda’’ started to present negative connotations. In Germany this new way to express information among the population was invented by the Nazi’s which name given was ´´negative propaganda.’’ The Völkischer Beobachter, that means, ``People´s observer´´, serves as an example of Nazi´s ideology to disturb human’s minds in order to make them do something they did not felt comfortable doing. Perhaps newspapers were established in many territories that were conquered during the war, Nazi’s journalist made negative propaganda tending to persuade. Hitler, in contrast, was a great speaker. His oratory was his major and most powerful weapon, a factor in his rise. Hitler invades Poland on September 1. Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later. In 1923 Hitler bought the Völkischer Beobachter, this newspaper became the major organ of Nazi propaganda during the Third Reich. Known as a daily anti-Semitic gossip sheet. Furthermore, since the 1920’s the newspaper was closed several times by the government before Hitler because of the attacks to the Jewish and to government workers. Alfred Rosenberg was named editor of the paper, which was also administrated by Nazi’s chief of propaganda Joseph Goebbels. This paper was also sold in ... ... middle of paper ... ..., we must thank God for making this happen, because for good or for worst this has made us who we are today, a way of defining our actions. Somehow, it serves as an example of not making the same mistake again for when we commit a mistake the first time is okay to consider it an error but when we make the same mistake twice is no longer a mistake, is an option. Bibliography http://m.eb.com/topic/632290 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_propaganda http://www.exordio.com/1939-1945/civilis/volkischerbeobachter.html http:/uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110201114307AAyLPok http://en.mwikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Will http://www.globalissues.org/article/157/war-propaganda-and-the-media http://www.bytwerk.com/gpa/posters2.html http://departments.kings.edu/history/20c/fascism.html http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/hitler.html

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