How Did Joseph Goebbels Influence Hitler

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.” This was the mindset of the Nazi party and how Hitler controlled the people to believe whatever he said. Joseph Goebbels played a big part in the censorship of Germany. Books and media were censored and usually burned, and were replaced by Nazi propaganda. Hitler tried to remove Jews from the country which led to the Holocaust and the abuse that they experienced in concentration camps. Paul Joseph Goebbels was born on October 29, 1897 and died on May 1, 1945. He served as Reich Minister of Propanganda of Nazi Germany and a German politician from 1933 to 1945. He was Adolf’s closest comrade and was a dedicated follower. He was a very skillful public speaker. Joseph promoted discrimination, and supported the Holocaust. In 1924,
Hitler gave Goebbels power over all of Berlin. Joseph reduced the numbers to the most loyal member at around 600 when it was about 1000 when Goebbels arrived. He raised money by charging a membership fee and had people paying for party meetings. Goebbels changed some commercial advertising to support political ideas, using catchy slogans and subliminal cues. He used fresh designs and concepts for posters, like big letter with red ink, and puzzling headers so people would look at fine print. Support for the party continued to grow, Hindenburg the previous chancellor made Adolf Reich chancellor on January 30, 1933. Goebbels arranged a parade in Berlin to celebrate on the night of the 30th which included 60,000 soldiers. Hitler made Joseph Goebbels the head of the newly created Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda on 14 March. As head of the ministry Goebbels, boycotted Jewish businesses, and a month later he gave a speech at the Nazi book burning which was an event that took place to burn Jewish books and other censored books. He also gave out free radios in Berlin on his birthday in 1938 and banned other foreign radio