History 2147A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Strength Through Joy, Nazi Propaganda, Robert Ley
Document Summary
Insiders in nazi germany: 1951 a survey is taken in west germany and almost half of the citizens say that the period between 1933-1939 was the one that went the best for. Germany: for many germans this was actually the case, when hitler comes to power, this marks as a period of peace and stability starts arresting communists, bans protests, etc. If you were an insider this was a great place, but if you were an outsider this was absolutely frightening. Your personal life was invaded, your rights were taken away, you are impoverished and you are under constant threat from the gestapo and concentration camps: there is no single experience of the third reich. Chart outlining the (cid:498)danger(cid:499) of a low birthrate. Jew evil parasites, bacteria, devious, black-haired, thick-lipped, bolsheviks: propaganda is important, but it doesn"t mean germans were brainwashed, bolsheviks communists, now all communists are jews and all jews are communists.