How the Nazi Ministry of Propaganda Radicalized Germany

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

Society & Culture, History

4.2 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Once the Nazi Party took power in Germany, they managed to end democracy and turned the nation into a one-party dictatorship, launching an endless propaganda campaign to mobilize the public for war. Joseph Goebbels, the Minister of Propaganda arranged book burnings, lists of banned literature, and the release of films that exalted Aryan values and demonized Jews.

Before the rise of the Nazis, Germany was the most educated society on Earth, producing the finest literature, film, and university programs of any advanced nation. How did it succumb to such a simplistic propaganda program? The answer has to do with the ancient story of propaganda and how the masses swallow almost any message if it's repeated enough and speaks to their deepest fears.

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0:00.0	Many people learn about history as a collection of names, dates, and places,
0:04.8	but history is so much more interesting than that.
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0:33.6	They were some of the most powerful men who've ever lived.
0:36.4	They waged war, forged peace, and altered the fates of billions of people.
0:40.4	And yet, they were just as human, just as flawed as you and me.
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1:03.7	Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast.
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1:12.6	myth busts historical lies, and rediscoveres the forgotten stories that changed our world.
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1:24.2	The Nazi Party was responsible for probably the most successful campaign in modern history.
1:29.6	It convinced an entire population to mobilize for war and commit genocide against an entire ethnic group,
1:35.6	whether or not they were fully aware of what they were doing.
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