Why Did Hitler Use Propaganda To Control Germany

Due to WWI and the treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to pay large amounts of money to France and Great Britain. In addition, the treaty also forced Germany to give up thirteen percent of its land. For the next ten years most of Germany’s citizens were unemployed and by 1930 the great depression had begun to hit Germany. Hitler rose to power throughout the 1920s and finally by 1933 President Paul Von Hindenburg named Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany. Hitler focussed on the younger generation in order to control Germany. By focussing on the younger generation he could instill these ideals easily while building loyalty. Unlike leaders before him Hitler involved children and women in his scheme for a totalitarian society. Books for children encouraged them to play with guns, while songs were about bloodshed, anti-semitism and violence. Lessons learned in school revolved around Nazi ideals. “Math problems involved calculations about bombing Poland.” By 1939 all children had to join the Hitler Youth organization and be apart from age five to eighteen. The Hitler youth were demanded to report any wrong doings or hostile activity of anyone including their parents to a Nazi. Other tactics used to control Germany included banning all political parties
Adolph Hitler used propaganda, spies, pleasure, and gifts to seduce the people of Germany. Although Hitlers approach seemed odd and confusing it was working. In 1933 unemployment in Germany stood at 6,000,000; by 1938 it was 500,000 and by 1939 it had virtually disappeared. This was a huge reason why Germans accepted and loved Adolph Hitler. Germany also loved Hitler because he gave them huge tax breaks and social benefits. Even up until the last days of the war Hitler made sure not a single German went hungry. He also cared for his soldiers: he gave them double the salary that an American or British soldier