Nazi Propaganda Research

Propaganda has many definitions and outcomes. It is a type of communication used to promote different beliefs, ideas and expectations onto a group of people. There are three types of propaganda and they include white, gray and black. White is the type of propaganda that is used to promote objectives that are considered good and is used to fight ¨bad¨propaganda. Gray is the type of propaganda that involves the transmission of ideas and information that may or may not be false. Black is the type of propaganda that usually involves “false” information and lies and was well illustrated and used by the Nazis (Baran, Stanley J., Stanley J. Baran, and Dennis K. Davis, 2012, pg 74-76). "Propaganda tries to force a doctrine on the whole people. Propaganda works on the general public from the standpoint of an idea and makes them ripe for the victory of this idea." Adolf Hitler wrote these words in his book Mein Kampf (1926), in which he first advocated the use of propaganda to spread the ideals of National Socialism—among them racism, antisemitism, and anti-Bolshevism (Nazi Propaganda, 2016).
Adolf Hitler wanted to change the minds of everyone with what he …show more content…
Hitler pushed his beliefs and information on the German people, and this caused the outcome of “black propaganda.” False statements not only spread lies and rumors but they also hurt the ones that these statements and lies are being made about, and in this case it included the Jews and the people that Hitler found unfit. Propaganda can have a positive effect on a situation but it can also have a negative effect on a situation and in this case it was a negative effect. Millions of Jews and others were killed in this movement that Hitler started, and the families of the Jews and others are the ones still dealing with it