Joseph Goebbels was born on October 29, 1897 in Rheydt, Germany. He grew up in a Catholic home with his five siblings. Shortly after his birth, pneumonia nearly took his life. He soon recovered but still struggled with his health. In his early years, he was diagnosed with a case of osteomyelitis which nearly caused him to lose his leg which could have also led to paralysis. Taken to the doctor many times over the course of his childhood, they were able to save his leg but his foot was declared lame for the rest of his life. Doctors operated on it when he was ten years old but they were not successful. Eventually they just gave up and he was left with a mangled foot (Simkin). Throughout his life, Joseph struggled with self confidence issues
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Propaganda was communicated through art, music, theater, films, books, radio, educational material, and the press (¨Nazi Propaganda¨). Using these methods, Goebbels tried to “Nazify” Germany. The Ministry had to approve books before being published; all of which contained Nazi propaganda, even schoolbooks. Jewish people were banned from possessing newspapers and Goebbels controlled all film production (“How Did the Nazis Use Propaganda?”). Nazi films made Jews seem less than human and declared the German Military as superior to everyone. Many anti semitic cartoons were also found in newspapers. Nazis made films of “happy” Jews in ghettos and concentration camps to censor the treatment of Jewish people from the rest of Germany (“Nazi Propaganda”). They also created popular films that showed Hitler’s power and the determination of Germany in movies such as ‘The Eternal Jew’ and ‘Triumph of the …show more content…
“Censorship ensured that Germans could only see what the Nazi hierarchy wanted them to see, hear what they wanted them to hear, and read only what the Nazis deemed acceptable,” (“Censorship in Nazi Germany”, Trueman). All citizens were affected by Nazi censorship, and anyone who went against the censorships had to deal with the SS. The Nazi police and the ‘normal’ police enforced the censorships. If someone witnessed something considered “unacceptable”, they were required to report it to their local party chief. Goebbels had to make sure that the media of Nazi Germany was properly censored. He convinced people that everything had improved the day Hitler became the leader of Germany (“Censorship in Nazi
Propaganda was communicated through art, music, theater, films, books, radio, educational material, and the press (¨Nazi Propaganda¨). Using these methods, Goebbels tried to “Nazify” Germany. The Ministry had to approve books before being published; all of which contained Nazi propaganda, even schoolbooks. Jewish people were banned from possessing newspapers and Goebbels controlled all film production (“How Did the Nazis Use Propaganda?”). Nazi films made Jews seem less than human and declared the German Military as superior to everyone. Many anti semitic cartoons were also found in newspapers. Nazis made films of “happy” Jews in ghettos and concentration camps to censor the treatment of Jewish people from the rest of Germany (“Nazi Propaganda”). They also created popular films that showed Hitler’s power and the determination of Germany in movies such as ‘The Eternal Jew’ and ‘Triumph of the …show more content…
“Censorship ensured that Germans could only see what the Nazi hierarchy wanted them to see, hear what they wanted them to hear, and read only what the Nazis deemed acceptable,” (“Censorship in Nazi Germany”, Trueman). All citizens were affected by Nazi censorship, and anyone who went against the censorships had to deal with the SS. The Nazi police and the ‘normal’ police enforced the censorships. If someone witnessed something considered “unacceptable”, they were required to report it to their local party chief. Goebbels had to make sure that the media of Nazi Germany was properly censored. He convinced people that everything had improved the day Hitler became the leader of Germany (“Censorship in Nazi