How Did Hitler Use Propaganda

During Adolf Hitler’s reign over the Third Reich, a propaganda machine dominated Germany. The Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, infused Nazism into all areas of German life, by corrupting, media, culture, and education. The radio allowed Nazi propaganda to be heard not only in Germany but around the world. The purpose of Nazi propaganda goal to persuade the people to take the prejudice towards Jews based on Christian beliefs that were typical for over 1500 years to an extreme level by using a propaganda technique that worked below the surface of the mind. The Nazis use of propaganda was based on the works of Gustave LeBon, who published several works on the psychology of crowds (Surve). In his works, LeBon contended that when people form groups, it easier for a person to abandon their
Once tension began the Nazis were then ready to strike. Prior to attacking Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Norway, the Netherlands, or, France, the Nazis planted their subversive agents throughout the country in government positions, consulates, and tourist bureaus. Using the Nazi technique of the “invasion from within” and the propaganda attack from without; Hitler would crush a nation, even before the German soldiers entered the streets of invaded cities. The Nazi’s first sought out the “soft spots” in the areas they planned to absorb or attack. Rival economic interests, racial and religious antagonisms, tensions between political groups, cleavages between workers and employers—these were studied in every detail; at the same time the citizens were hearing about the glory of Germany and that because they too were in essence German they could share the destiny. Hitler’s plan was to convince all of the ethnic German people who were living outside of the Third Reich that they should strive to bring these regions "home" into Greater