Culture in the Third Reich

Flashcards about Culture in the Third Reich.

Propaganda

The organised spreading of information to promote the views of a government with the intention of persuading people to think or behave in a certain way.

Volksgemeinschaft

The Nazis sought to turn people into committed members of this, or national community.

Weltanschauung

This is the Nazi view of the world.

Gleichschaltung

A process by which all institutions were made to conform to the policies of National Socialism.

RMVP

Ministry for Public Enlightenment + Propaganda

RMVP

Nazi organization under Goebbels that supervised the control of all aspects of culture.

Reich Chamber of Culture

Nazi established chamber to exercise control over all aspects of cultural activities.

Reich Culture Chamber

The aim of this chamber was ‘to promote German culture for the benefit of the Volk + the Reich.’

Eher Verlag

Party publishing house that gradually took over most of the press.

Radio

It was known as the “spiritual weapon of the totalitarian state.”

People's receiver

Affordable radios sold to ensure people could have them in their homes.

Ufi

State-controlled film companies

Leni Riefenstahl

Most famous film producer. Commissioned to make detailed recordings of rallies + festivals, to tell people what was happening + to encourage involvement.

Triumph of the Will

Film about the 1934 Nuremburg Rally.

Olympia

Film about the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

The Eternal Jew

Anti-Semitic film produced to stress the Jews as a parasitic race within the nation.

Architecture.

Neo-classical, monumental style that Hitler favored

Albert Speer

Hitler’s personal architect + became General Architectural Inspector of the Reich in 1937.

Exhibition of the Great German Art

This exhibition was intended to show people ‘true German art

Exhibition of the Degenerate Art

The works displayed distorted forms, unnatural colours + unsettling subjects during this exhibition.

Mein Kampf

Title of Hitler's book, selling over 6 million copies.

Decadent

It was a term used to describe experimental music banned by the Nazi's

Jazz

Music banned by the Nazis as it was considered ‘black music’ therefore was racially inferior.

Propaganda

A means of control used by the Nazi party to maintain and build the state.

Contented

The Nazi's controlled vast resources to keep the population _.

Smallest Man

The state simplifies ways of thinking so that even the may understand.

Radio

A key tool used for indoctrination by the Nazi party.

Reich

Editors were obliged to exclude from any papers things that would weaken the _.

Familiar

The Nazis state tried to maintain _ titles while extending its control.

Non-Conformist

The media needed control in order to prevent _ activities.

Body

All those involved in the media had to be part of a coordinating __.

69

In 1933 Nazi ownership of media was 3%, but by 1939 it grew to _%.

Entertainment

A way of keeping the population happy.

Heroic

Art should be clear, and direct.

Architecture

Hitler described _ as the 'word in stone'.

Reich

The new buildings constructed would illustrate the Nazi idea of a 1000-year .

WW1

The heroic actions of German soldiers during _ was a popular topic during the Nazi era.

book burning ceremony

The Nazis organised a major __ in Berlin in May 1933.

Exile

Several famous authors fled into _.

Ideas

Novelists were expected to promote Nazi _.

Music

The Reich Chamber of _ controlled production of Music.

Decadent

Experimental music was banned as _.

Internationalist

It described the diversity of the Weimar Republic.

Mason

He is skeptical of Nazi propaganda success + its impact on the working class.

Welch

Arguing that it is important to separate different strands of Nazi propaganda.