Nazi Germany regulated and controlled the art produced between 1933 and 1945 to ensure they embodied the values they wished to indoctrinate into the German people. ... Thus, art in the Third Reich was merely a form of propaganda that insidiously promoted the superiority of the Nordic race, the need for loyalty and obedience and the invulnerability of the German nation. ... It is an easily accessible work, that the Dadaist Duchamp would label "retinal art", as it is an aesthetically motivated and stylistically anti-modernist piece. ... This is a blatant celebration of the virtues of a simple ru...

• Word Count: 2253
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When he came of the age of career choosing, Adolf wanted to pursue art. ... So when Adolf broke the news that he wanted to pursue art to his father, it resulted in a permeant and bitter struggle between father and son (Patrick, 2006). ... While living in Vienna, Hitler applied to the school of his dreams; The Vienna Academy of Art. ... The Nazis had infiltrated literature, music, newspapers, art, film, and more. The manipulated German people were deceived into believing The Nazis were this perfect political party. ...

• Word Count: 1514
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1830
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After several family problems and his rejection from art school he decided to take a different path in life. ... Hitler had first set off to Vienna to study art; by the time he had left he had learned the ideas of racial hatred, specifically against the Jews, personal neurosis, and saw the flaws in the German government because of the presence of Jews and Slavs. ... Hitler felt that this was the perfect time for him and his party to step in and take over. ... Hitler learned to master this art of propaganda from the pamphlets that America and Great Britain used during World War I. ...

• Word Count: 2246
• Approx Pages: 9
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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. ...

• Word Count: 1873
• Approx Pages: 7
• 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). ...

• Word Count: 2387
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• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 2463
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School