These difficulties gave Hitler and the Nazi party the opportunity to employ their propaganda skills to capture this disenchanted nation and win their hearts, but more importantly, to manipulate their minds. By the mid 1920's Adolf Hitler was the undisputed leader of the Nazi Party. ... Ultimately the murders resulted in one less party to oppose the Nazis. ... Firstly, the Munich Beer-Hall Putsch launched Hitler and the Nazi's on to the National political scene, in one of the most successful acts of propaganda he could have wished for. ... One of the more successful was the Na...

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The Nazis gained fuel for their growing movement in the form of propaganda denouncing the Versailles treaty. ... This popular political belief permeated throughout Nazi propaganda. ... The Nazis used this feeling of contempt for the old style of government to bolster their propaganda. Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi party's propaganda expert, promoted the Nazi idea of nationalism as being "The Common Interest Before Self-Interest." ... The Nazis used the negative social, economic, and political conditions of post-war Germany to mold their propaganda. ...

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Benito Mussolini and Adolph Hitler realized that the way to a rise in power was through the people and their opinions/support therefore imposing their own ideals through incredible propaganda techniques and speeches, and in Hitler's case, introducing a scapegoat to blame. ... Hitler was a skilled user of propaganda techniques and therefore used his words to manipulate the minds of people into believing what ideals he was imposing as the absolute truth. ... As economic conditions worsened, the appeal of the Nazis was far more effective than that of other parties; the Nazis were the one gr...

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There is no denying the violence that Hitler used in his entrance into politics however his skillful persuasion methods and ability at propaganda were invaluable for the growth of the Nazis. ...

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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. ...

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Like many European nations, Italy emerged from the First World War as a democracy in distress. Italy was on the winning side, but the war had cost nearly 700,000 Italian lives and over $15 billion. Moreover, Italy had received secret promises of specific territorial gains during the war, only to find those promises withdrawn when they con- flicted with principles of self-determination. Italian claims to the west coast of the Adriatic, for instance, were denied by Yugoslavia. Italy received most of the Austrian territories it demanded, but many maintained that these were inadequate rewards for ...

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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. ...

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No doubt the complete effectiveness of controlling the population through propaganda had a considerable effect, (referred to in Q 4,5,6,7b and 8) however, pictures from around the country such as source D were a regular occurrence. ... The war suddenly seeming ironically similar to the soldier in Disabled, (who) liked "a smear of blood down his leg to please his Meg" the poem showing at a stroke how effective the recruiting offices were in their quest for blood that would be "poured down shell-holes." 4) The postcard in source E, is atypical of the type of censorship that existed at the fr...

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This was also reinforced by the propaganda of the German military, which continued to suggest that the German military defeat was caused by treason at home. ... The government of Germany encouraged the workers in the Ruhr to strike but they were supported by the German treasury, so this was costly and this led to many people becoming unemployed and many small businesses going bankrupt who then swore allegiance to parties like the Nazis. ...

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