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At no time up to 1933, did the Nazi Party win a majority of votes at elections. They may have been the largest political party in 1933, but they did not have a majority of support among the people. Therefore, those who had supported the Nazis needed to be informed on how correct their choice was with an emphasis on the strength of the party and the leadership. Those who opposed the Nazi Party had to be convinced that it was pointless continuing with their opposition. The fact that Goebbels had so much power is indicative of how important Hitler thought it was to ensure that the people were won over or intimidated into accepting Nazi rule.

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Goebbels and his skill at masterminding propaganda is best remembered for his night time displays at Nuremberg. Here, he and Speer, organised rallies that were designed to show to the world the might of the Nazi nation. In August of each year, huge rallies were held at Nuremberg. Arenas to hold 400,000 people were built. In the famous night time displays, 150 search lights surrounded the main arena and were lit up vertically into the night sky. Their light could be seen over 100 kilometres away in what a British politician, Sir Neville Henderson, called a “cathedral of light”.

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As Minister of Enlightenment, Goebbels  had two main tasks:

to ensure nobody in Germany could read or see anything that was hostile or damaging to the Nazi Party.

to ensure that the views of the Nazis were put across in the most persuasive manner possible.

To ensure success, Goebbels had to work with the SS and Gestapo and Albert Speer. The former hunted out those who might produce articles defamatory to the Nazis and Hitler while Speer helped Goebbels with public displays of propaganda.

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This Propaganda Film Shows Life On The British Home Front In 1939

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This Propaganda Film Shows Life On The British Home Front In 1939

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The British propaganda film, The First Days, was made in the early months of the Second World War, before the expected bombing of Britain's cities had begun. This period became known as the 'Phoney War' because little military activity had taken place in Western Europe since war had been declared in September of 1939.

The film's producer, Alberto Cavalcanti, instructed his production team to go out and film what was happening on London's home front in 1939. The resulting film captures the mood around London at the time and shows how ordinary people were preparing for the challenges ahead: laying sandbags, boarding-up windows and evacuating their children to the countryside.

Click this link/picture to see the full movie.
http://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/index/50056?_ga=2.56039403.1530328409.1507207043-2012074958.1507207043&_gac=1.216671778.1507207236.EAIaIQobChMIurOJ27_Z1gIVjrXtCh3ugwlIEAAYASAAEgLpN_D_BwE

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Propaganda is the art of persuasion – persuading others that your ‘side of the story’ is correct. Propaganda might take the form of persuading others that your military might is too great to be challenged; that your political might within a nation is too great or popular to challenge etc.

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Propaganda within Nazi Germany was taken to a new and frequently perverse level. Hitler was very aware of the value of good propaganda and he appointed Joseph Goebbels as head of propaganda.

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Propaganda is a committee of cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church responsible for foreign missions, founded in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV.

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What are propaganda badges and medallions?

Substantial lapel badges, in metal and enamel, with patriotic or propaganda messages, were sold in the period before conscription.

Who wore these badges and why?

These badges were almost all produced and sold for charity fundraising and so were mainly bought and worn by the better-off middle and professional classes.

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Propaganda fomented (which means stir up) support for allies in the war, first for the European nations and then for the USSR and USA (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States Of America), with support for the Commonwealth being pervasive.

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The word 'propaganda' comes from Latin. At first, it meant 'ideas to be spread around'. But in the First World War, it came to mean 'political ideas that are supposed to be misleading'.