How popular and efficient was the Nazi regime in 1933-1939?
During the later years of the Weimar republic german society had started to struggle as the economy crashed in 1929 due to the wall crash. This led to the government struggling as they failed to deal with the depression as many different parties disagreed on policies. During that time the Nazi party was very small however rose to prominence in 1932 with 37% of the public vote largely due to the failed state of Germany and the fear of communism. It was viewed that the german people loved the Nazi and the Fuhrer however years after the regime ended historians started to question this view and this essay shall asses this.
The Nazi regime often utilized propaganda as a form of manipulating there image and acknowledgment from the people. The nazi,s used leaflets, posters and radio to deploy there message and often strategecilly deployed messages to specific audiences such as talk of work and bread in working class areas and anti semetic messages to small shopkeepers and rallies were designed to create an emotional response from people. This was largely due to Joseph Goebbels who as well as using modern technologies to relay there message also helped create the hitler myth were he appeared as the saviour of Germany and its people wich contributed to the level of support. In 1933 Goebells promoted propaganda by briefing newspapers daily, content of newsreels was controlled and nazi messages were constantly played on the radio. The propaganda used could suggest the regime wasn’t that popular as people were manipulated into believing in the regime and didn’t fully agree with the regime. However it was also shown that areas without propaganda still had an increasing vote for the party and that propaganda only built up on peoples existing ideas.
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