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What was the Nazi Censorship (Music (Jazz music was banned, This was…
What was the Nazi Censorship
Music
Jazz music was banned
This was because it was created and sung by black people
Nazis encouraged traditional German folk music
Nazis regarded black people as inferior so black music was banned
Banned music which was written by specific composers
Music by Jewish composers was banned
They thought it had bad influence on people
Work by Gustav Mahler and Felix Mendelssohn were banned
Nazis banned some styles of music
Newspapers and radio
This meant that Nazis could censored all the information in the newspapers
Volkesmpfanger would only reieve radio transmissions over a short range
News papers could not print anything unless it was given to them by the German Press Agency
German people could only hear the German radio stations
As a result, very few people knew what things might have turned against Nazis
All radio stations were censored by the nazis
This meant that German people only heard what Nazis wanted them to hear
Nazis put restrictions on what newspapers and radios could mention
Films
Film producers only planned films which painted Nazis in positive way
All actors and directors had to be members of the Reich Chamber of Culture
Unless the plot was pro nazi, the film would never be produced
Goebbels could only stop any artist by ending their membership
Joesph Goeballs read through the plot of every film
Consequently, actors and directors would only ever act in a way which was favourable to the Nazi Party
German people only ever saw positive messages about the Nazis in the cinema
Books and literature
These were written by Jews, communist or other anti-nazi writers
All authors had to be part of Reich Chamber of culture to write books in Germany
Over 20,000 books were burnt
Goebbels could stop any author working by ending their membership
Book burnings were arranged across Germany in 1933
Authors were only ever to write in a way which was favourable to the Nazi
Nothing could be published without permission of Gobbles
All books and plays were censored