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The Nazi Police State - Coggle Diagram

- - - - “photos showing members of the Reich Government in front of rows of bottles whilst dining must not be published. This gives the ridiculous impression that members of the Government are living it up”
- - - - The Nazis wanted music to be traditional.
      - ‘Degenerate’ Jazz music was banned.
      - Any music written by a Jewish composer was forbidden, for example Mendelsshon.
      - Music by Beethoven was encouraged.
  - - - Literature needed to fit the Nazi message.
      - Thousands of books were burned to show the population to send out a message of Nazi power.
      - The Chamber of Culture had to approve all books.
  - - - The Nazis wanted buildings to reflect Nazi power.
      - They modelled architecture off the grandeur (impressiveness and beauty) of the Ancient Romans and Greeks.
      - Buildings had to be built from traditional materials.
      - Albert Speer was Hitler’s preferred architect. He created key Nazi buildings, such as the buildings for rallies.
  - - - The cinema was a modern way to send strong messages of Nazi propaganda.
      - All film scripts had to be approved by Goebbels himself.
      - It was compulsory for cinemas to show short Nazi propaganda films before the entertainment film.
  - - - Art was meant to glorify (make great) the Aryan race and traditional volk values.
      - The Reich Chamber of Visual Arts was set up in 1933 to monitor art and culture.
      - Art had a naturalist style (showing things as they really are). The Nazis popularised (made popular) paintings of the ideal Aryan family or rural (countryside) scenes.
      - Favoured Nazi artists were rewarded with large competition prizes.
      - Many artists fled the Nazis to continue their own style of art.
- - - - We can regard the Nazi propaganda efforts as hugely successful. Goebbels could spread Nazi ideas in both obvious and subtle ways. Posters everywhere showed the messages that the Nazis wanted to spread.
      - Most of German society supported the Nazis.
      - In 1939, the majority of Germans had radios and Nazi messages were broadcast into peoples' houses.
  - - - We can regard the Nazi propaganda efforts as hugely successful. Goebbels could spread Nazi ideas in both obvious and subtle ways. Posters everywhere showed the messages that the Nazis wanted to spread.
      - Most of German society supported the Nazis.
      - In 1939, the majority of Germans had radios and Nazi messages were broadcast into peoples' houses.
  - - - The counterpart (served same purpose) to propaganda was censorship.
      - The Nazis burned books written by Jews or books which disagreed with Nazi beliefs.
      - All scripts in plays, films and radio shows were told what to say by the Nazis.
      - Only newspapers that supported the Nazis were allowed to operate. In 1944, the Nazis controlled over 80% of German newspapers.