How Did Goebbels Support Nazi Germany

Thirdly, up to 1933, the Nazi Party won a majority of votes at elections. They well may have been the largest political party in 1933, but they did not have a majority of support among all the German people . Therefore, as a consequence those who had always supported the Nazis needed to be informed on how correct their choice of leadership was with an emphasis on the strength of the party. Those who opposed the Nazi Party had to be convinced that it was pointless continuing with their opposition. “Audience research (a science he was obsessed with) Goebbels believed that it was always preferable to reinforce the existing prejudice of the audience rather than to try to change someone’s mind he showed images and told stories that led ordinary Germans to reach the conclusion he wanted, whilst leaving them thinking they had worked it out for themselves.” The fact that Goebbels was given so much power by Hitler, meant how much the Fuhrer wanted to underline that the Propaganda itself was a key step to bring Germany completely under Nazi regime, and therefore to ensure that the people were won over or intimidated to accepting …show more content…
They needed to ensure that nobody in Germany could read or see anything that was hostile or damaging to the Nazi Party. They made their population read, see and hear only what the Nazis wanted them to read, see and hear. In this way, if people believed what their were told, the Nazi leaders logically assumed that opposition to their rule would be very small and practiced only by those on the very extreme who would be easy to catch. “The Propaganda Ministry was one of the regime’s most obvious success.” Hitler got into his people’s heads so that when it came to voting they would always remember him and vote for him to come to power. Therefore propaganda had a key and significant role in the Nazis Germany rise and maintenance to