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Nazi Methods of Control

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Mind Map on Nazi Methods of Control, created by idkimhannah on 04/03/2014.
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Nazi Methods of Control
  1. Propaganda
    1. Definition: using the media and other platforms to spread ideas and opinions to control the way people think
      1. They controlled radio broadcasts, films and posters
        1. Goebbels = head of propaganda
          1. The Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda - 1933
            1. All writers, artists, journalists and musicians had to register to get their work approved
          2. Organised huge rallies of party members
            1. Image of power and popularity
              1. 1936 Berlin Olympics - International Publicity
            2. Censorship
              1. Censored books, newspapers and other material
                1. Those who published anti-Nazi material risked execution
                  1. Encouraged Nationalism and anti-Semitism
                    1. Praised patriotic German composers (Wagner) but banned the work of Jewish composers (Mendelssohn)
                  2. Germany became a Police state
                    1. The SS was Hitler's bodyguard
                      1. Expanded massively under Himmler in the 1930s
                        1. Himmler also in charge of the Gestapo (secret police)
                        2. Totally loyal to Hitler
                          1. Feared for their cruelty
                          2. After 1933 concentration camps spread across Germany and its territories
                            1. Held political prisoners and anyone else considered dangerous to the Nazis
                              1. Some were later turned into death camps
                              2. Local wardens were employed to ensure total German loyalty to the Nazis
                                1. People were encouraged to report disloyalty
                                  1. Led to arrests from the Gestapo
                              3. The Church
                                1. Many Nazis were against Christianity
                                  1. Its teaching of peace was incompatible with Nazi ideas
                                    1. Didn't want to risk an immediate attack on it
                                  2. Hitler made an agreement with the Catholic church in 1933
                                    1. Both promised to not interfere with the other
                                      1. Nazis tried to curb influence
                                        1. Led to Catholic protests against Nazi policies
                                    2. Hitler tried to unite the Protestant churches into one Reich church
                                      1. Placed the Nazi bishop Ludwig Muller at its head
                                        1. Some church members split off in protest at this state interference
                                          1. Formed the Confessing Church
                                      2. Many clergy who stood up to the Nazi regime were sent to concentration camps
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