Joseph Goebbels was a man of great power with the ability to persuade, deceive and spread the national socialist beliefs enthusiastically. Through his use of propaganda he achieved an egregious amount of things, changing people's perspectives and their beliefs. However, how did a man who started with so little, achieve such erroneous things? His propaganda affected children, women, men and the elderly in different ways and he impacted the different group over a time differently.
Goebbels propaganda had a much greater impact on women than on men. Through his posters, the radio and the newspaper he encouraged more men to go to work in order to support and care for their families. Due to the women staying at home, men took over their jobs were …show more content…
This allowed men to have even more jobs and the unemployment rate sank drastically. Through posters, the men were depicted as mighty and strong, working hard to support their families and Germany. There were also images of men working in the factories, which they did before the war broke out because they needed to produce things like weapons. To get even more men to work, the KDF (Kraft durch Freude) was created on the 28th of November 1933 to make it seem like working was a positive enjoyable thing (Llewellyn). This, made more men want to work because through the KDF they were able to go on holiday and even do things like cruises with their families. Here, Goebbels's impact was still big, because people believed that he was helping them and that is why they believed what he told them. The NSDAP also propagandized that joining the party would give the men more money and bigger opportunities, and that is why many men also joined the NSDAP. Some did not really join because they had the same believes as the nazis, but to provide for their families and to have bigger opportunities for example to go on holiday. The military also used a lot
Goebbels propaganda had a much greater impact on women than on men. Through his posters, the radio and the newspaper he encouraged more men to go to work in order to support and care for their families. Due to the women staying at home, men took over their jobs were …show more content…
This allowed men to have even more jobs and the unemployment rate sank drastically. Through posters, the men were depicted as mighty and strong, working hard to support their families and Germany. There were also images of men working in the factories, which they did before the war broke out because they needed to produce things like weapons. To get even more men to work, the KDF (Kraft durch Freude) was created on the 28th of November 1933 to make it seem like working was a positive enjoyable thing (Llewellyn). This, made more men want to work because through the KDF they were able to go on holiday and even do things like cruises with their families. Here, Goebbels's impact was still big, because people believed that he was helping them and that is why they believed what he told them. The NSDAP also propagandized that joining the party would give the men more money and bigger opportunities, and that is why many men also joined the NSDAP. Some did not really join because they had the same believes as the nazis, but to provide for their families and to have bigger opportunities for example to go on holiday. The military also used a lot