No one who has not lived for years in a totalitarian land can possibly conceive how difficult it is to escape the consequences…of a regime’s calculated and incessant propaganda (Shirer, 1960).” This source is highly reliable and therefore very useful, because Shirer spent time in Nazi Germany and therefore witnessed first-hand some of the effects of Nazi propaganda. Shirer is testimony to the effectiveness of Nazi propaganda as he still had “daily access” to foreign radio broadcasts and newspapers, but still felt the influence of the propaganda. Joseph Goebbels, the Minister of Enlightenment and Propaganda, was extremely skilled in the art of manipulating every possible entity to fit with the ideology of Nazism and logically assumed that if the people believed what they were told, opposition to Nazi rule would be very small. In 1936 whilst in Germany, The U.S Ambassador wrote “And here the resources of a marvellously organised Ministry of Propaganda has been of
No one who has not lived for years in a totalitarian land can possibly conceive how difficult it is to escape the consequences…of a regime’s calculated and incessant propaganda (Shirer, 1960).” This source is highly reliable and therefore very useful, because Shirer spent time in Nazi Germany and therefore witnessed first-hand some of the effects of Nazi propaganda. Shirer is testimony to the effectiveness of Nazi propaganda as he still had “daily access” to foreign radio broadcasts and newspapers, but still felt the influence of the propaganda. Joseph Goebbels, the Minister of Enlightenment and Propaganda, was extremely skilled in the art of manipulating every possible entity to fit with the ideology of Nazism and logically assumed that if the people believed what they were told, opposition to Nazi rule would be very small. In 1936 whilst in Germany, The U.S Ambassador wrote “And here the resources of a marvellously organised Ministry of Propaganda has been of