Many Europeans were beginning to find themselves engulfed in a whirlwind of propaganda produced by national leadership. ... To find an example of ultra-nationalism, one need look no further than the fascist state of Italy and Nazi Germany. ... It is from this exposure that he was able to spread the ideology of Nazism, and further stake his claim at controlling the Reichstag. ...
A certain view taken from Hobsbawms book is that the nation is not seen by governments and the spokesmen and activists of nationalist movements, but by the ordinary persons who are the objects of their action and propaganda. Are we as people of the state subject to the propaganda of the nation? ... The most striking example of this was Hitler's Nazi German whose propaganda built up the Aryan race as the German nation and excluded the German Jews as not being part of the German nation. ...
This combination of awareness and honesty would render Remarque both praised by many for his literary genius and despised by the ultra-Nationalist Nazi regime - the latter held book burnings of All Quiet on the Western Front after exiling Remarque to Switzerland. ... Likewise, the rigorous propaganda and training created machines of patriotism out of the young men. ...
Nations have also been based on certain ethics and race, which is apparent when discussing Nazi Germany. ... The most fundamental aspects of propaganda were introduced such as the placement of the German flag on everything in order to promote exclusive German national pride. ...
