How Did Nazi Germany Use Propaganda

Nazi Germany was resplendent with many forms of propaganda that were vivid to all German audiences including films, music, radio and newspapers. As the minister of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels believed in the power of film as a form of Anti-Jewish propaganda, which could assist in growing popular support. Moreover, propaganda films were used to exclude Jews but also other groups such as homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses and gypsies.
In the Nazi era, Germany was at the cutting edge of movie production, being compared to Hollywood. In the 1930’s films became a powerful vehicle for conveying a message to the masses which allowed for the Nazi party to reach a much bigger audience. Furthermore, Goebbels and Hitler were fascinated by film itself and hence contributed their time and effort in order to achieve a
This, hereafter propagated the support of the Nazi party and specifically Hitler; and the belief that the Aryan race was the purest race. Even schools were provided with motion pictures projectors because film was regarded as particularly appropriate for propagandizing children. Films precisely created for schools were termed ‘military education’. However, the shortcomings of cinemas were also visible. Hitler suggested that mass production of radios should be supplied hence providing more jobs for the people and also exposing them to propaganda. This was a much easier way to put across propaganda. The lower class of the Germans could also not watch movies as it was considered a privilege for the elite. Moreover, speeches made at rallies by Hitler were considered the strongest form of propaganda, once again outweighing the cinema.
Nevertheless, films were operational but not as effective as the other tools such as radios and speeches made at rallies and thus it was to a good extent that film propaganda was effective to show anti-Semitic films and thus gain a fair amount of support from the people