'The most important reason there was little opposition in Germany towards the Nazis regime was the use of Propaganda'.

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‘The most important reason there was little opposition in Germany towards the Nazis regime was the use of Propaganda’.

 One of the most important posts in the Nazi government was held by Doctor Joseph Goebbels, minister of National Enlightenment and Propaganda. Goebbels job was to make German’s believe in Nazi ideas and to be loyal to Hitler in total belief: Goebbels said in 1937

   “The essence of Propaganda consists in winning people over to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they succumb to it utterly and can never escape from it.”

 Goebbels used every available method for ‘winning the people over’. First he made sure that newspapers printed only stories favourable to the government. Every morning the editors of the Berlin’s newspapers had to go to the Propaganda Ministry where, Goebbels told them what news to print and what the headlines should be. Newspapers which printed stories he had not approved were closed down. All Germany’s radio stations were under Goebbels control, so he used the radio to hammer the Nazi message Home. Goebbels’ most spectacular form of propaganda was the mass rally. The most famous of the rallies were held each year in Nuremberg. Goebbels was a brilliant organiser of propaganda, but he could not trust propaganda alone to win people over. Every kind of information and entertainment was censored. Jazz music was not allowed at dances because it had origins among the black people in America. Films were censored for all sort of reasons. People could not even say things against the Nazis in private. Complaining about the government was against the law. There were great public displays of Nazism to promote support. Posters and photographs of Hitler , together with swastika flags, were to be found all over Germany. Hitler was always portrayed as a strong and confident leader.

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 When Hitler came to power , the German economy was in ruins as a result of the world depression that set in after the Wall Street Crash. Unemployment stood at 6 million and Hitler took steps to bring this figure down. A number of methods were used to win the battle against unemployment. Hitler’s rearmament policy led to increased production in the iron and steel industry, and in the companies making weapons.

The Nazis also helped to create jobs by spending money on public works. In 1933 Hitler had used the Enabling law to ban all political parties other than ...

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