This strategy, mixed with the near perfect timing of the depression, would be used by an aggressive minority, to overwhelm and persuade the easily impressionable majority into mass conformity. ... He believed that "the effective propagandist must be the master of the art of speech, of writing, or journalism, of the poster and of the leaflet. ... He was quick to realize that this new art form could reach a wider audience than books or theatre. ...

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Dictator Adolf Hitler was born in Bran au am Inn, Australia on April 20th, 1889, He had an interest in fine art and showed an early interest in German nationalism. ... During the Great Depression in Germany was the perfect time for Hitler to think of a new plan to get more Germans on his side. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Ministry's objective was to ensure that the Nazi ideology was successfully communicated through art, music, theatre, films, books, radio, educational materials, and the press. ... They were taught to emphasise on external 'enemies' such as the Jews and communists, to believe in the science of eugenics to create the ideal 'perfect' race, to live up to German physical ideals and to take pride of the German race. ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

Hitler used it "to control the press as well as all other means of expression-radio, film, art, and literature"(Rhodes 11). ... "By the outbreak of the Second World War, Goebbels" Propaganda Ministry had complete control of the press, radio, theater, cinema, the creative arts, music, writing, and art exhibitions"(Rhodes 18). ...

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The setting was perfect because the people of Germany were itching for any leader that would tell them just what they wanted to hear. World War I was over and the people of Germany were in an economic depression that crippled the country. The German mark had lost so much value that it took a wheelba...

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• Grade Level: High School