Nazi Dictatorship: Propaganda & Censorship GCSE Edexcel History 2A

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Newspapers were encouraged, but they had to provide views of which the Ministry agreed to or be punished.
Journalists were given regular briefings, with information the government were willing to publicise.
Therefore, all newspapers were basically Nazi newspapers.

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Nazis had little respect for academic research.
A Nazi education minister once said: "A roadsweeper sweeps up 1000 microbes with one stroke; a scientist preens himself on discovering a single microbe."
Between 1933 and 1938, 3000 professors and lecturers were dismissed.
Research results were always expected to support Nazi views- for example, they had to say that Jews' brains were smaller than Germans'.

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Hitler was very strict on arts, being an artist himself.
The Reich Chamber of Culture was set up. Writers, musicians, artists and actors had to be members- those disapproved of were banned.
Millions of books that were disapproved of were burnt in huge, public bonfires.
Jazz music was seen as black music and was banned.
Beethoven and Bach was encouraged, since they were German composers.
Traditional German folk music was also encouraged.
A songwriter of songs about German legendary heroes was promoted though he had previously been a lesser-known person.
Each new film was sent to Goebbels for approval to be viewed in the cinema.

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Radio
- Hitler and the Nazis made frequent broadcasts.
- Cheap radios were sold or placed in public places to promote Nazism.
- In the 1930s, there were more radios per person in Germany than anywhere else in Germany.

Sport
- In 1936, a stadium which could hold 110, 000 people-the largest in the worls, was built to reflect German power.
- All events were faultlessly organised to show off German efficiency.
- Germany won 33 gold medals, which was more than any other country, as well as silver and bronze.
- Hitler refused to give Jesse Owens, the winner of the 100m sprint, a medal because he was black.

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