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. ...

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In a few years' time we saw the rise of another form of German nationalism, one which was more extreme in nature – Nazism. ... The Nazi regime in Germany used expansionist nationalism during their short reign. ... Nationalism was then seen as a key element of propaganda material by the state leaders. ... Conclusion Nationalism is much softer nowadays as compared to the past when it is used to be aggressive in form as in Nazism and fascism. ...

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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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