nazi control
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- Created on: 14-03-21 17:06
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- Nazi Obedience
- Censorship and Propaganda
- The Press
- Reich Press Chamber inc Reich Association of the German Press - had register of acceptable editors and jounalists
- Oct 1933 - Editors Law - Clause 14 - banned weakening Reich, community, German defence, culture or honour/dignity of a German
- RMVP controlled content of press- daily conferences issued directives on content e.g length
- allowed Nazis to control what public saw - brainwash into Nazi ideology
- Radio
- 1933 - radio overtaken over Reich governors. April 1934 - Nazi established unified radio system
- Gobbels: 'spiritual weapon of the totalitarian state'
- allowed them to reach a wide range of people
- estimated audience for Hitler's broadcasted speeches 1935 - 56mil
- 1936 Olympics
- opportunity to display physical superiority of Germans as master race
- e.g though Jesse Owens won running gold - Schmeling's victory as heavyweight boxing champion - demonstration of Nazi supremacy
- Berlin 1936 - new stadium constructed memorials of German soldiers included - linked sport + militarism
- opportunity to display physical superiority of Germans as master race
- Autobans
- Put great stress on construction of autobahns car production
- 1936 - 125k employed in construction
- 1942 - 3870km completed
- Like architecture autobahn programme reflects promotion of nazi power and care for good of workers/german people
- Limited success in production - served more for PROPAGANDA - sold message of German nation working together
- symbolised political strength, will power + Hitler's achievements - image conveyed to international + domestic audience
- The Press
- Machinery of Terror
- Courts
- Significant role removing opponents and legalising Nazi activities
- People's Court - trying enemies of the state - hard to get a fair trial
- Nazi control - judges told to issue harsher sentences + new laws about political offences brought in - discourage resistance
- Judges who resisted and replaced by Nazis
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- Key role in police state and terror
- Run camps and power to arrest and detention of people in 'protective custody' (even after serving sentence in courts)
- 1939 - police and security organisations under RSHA (under Himmler/Heydrich) - included Gustapo and Kripo
- had role in security, ideology and military issues
- Gestapo
- all seeing all knowing part of state
- Intimidation/Raid/Disappearances - encouraged people to give up information
- Only small organisation 20-40k agents
- focused on specific enemies e.g socialists, Jews etc
- 1933 and 1935, some 4,000 men were arrested;
- Courts
- Censorship and Propaganda
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