Nazi Propaganda and Culture
How Goebbels used propaganda and culture between 1933 and 1939 to shape opinion and keep control: radio, rallies, film, posters, censorship, book burnings, and the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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Nazi propaganda and culture 📣
From 1933 the Nazis controlled what Germans saw and heard. Goebbels ran the Ministry of Propaganda and used radio, rallies, film, and posters to build support for Hitler. Censorship banned books and controlled the press, art, and music, and the 1936 Berlin Olympics were used as a showcase.
Words for propaganda 🔑
Learn these four terms before you judge how the Nazis shaped opinion.
Persuade and silence 🆚
The Nazis both spread their message and silenced other voices.
Grade 9 thinking 💡
To reach the top grades, assess how propaganda and culture kept control, and weigh how far they persuaded people against the use of censorship and terror.
Match the method to what it did 🔗
- the radio
- posters
- mass rallies
- film
- put Nazi speeches into every home
- spread Nazi images in public places
- showed the strength of the Nazi party
- carried Nazi messages to cinema audiences
Match the term to its meaning 🧩
- propaganda
- censorship
- Goebbels
- book burning
- information used to shape what people think
- banning or controlling what people can read
- the man who ran Nazi propaganda
- the public destruction of banned books
Who ran Nazi propaganda? ❓
Who ran Nazi propaganda?
- Goebbels, as Minister of Propaganda.
- Himmler, as head of the SS.
- Hindenburg, the President.
Methods of propaganda ✅
Select the TWO methods the Nazis used for propaganda.
- Radio broadcasts.
- Mass rallies.
- A free press that criticised Hitler.
- Open and fair elections.
Order the propaganda machine 🪜
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Summarise the propaganda 📝
Nazi _____ was run by Goebbels. Cheap _____ carried Hitler speeches into homes, and mass _____ at Nuremberg built support. _____ banned books the Nazis disliked, and the 1936 Berlin _____ showed off the regime.
Count the years 🔢
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Spot the two propaganda methods 🖍️
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Propaganda or censorship? 🧭
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Assess the propaganda ✍️
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