Culture in the Third Reich Flashcards

Flashcards about Culture in the Third Reich

The Nazis used culture in the Third Reich as a form of __.

propaganda

__ is the organised spreading of information to promote the views of a government.

Propaganda

__ was the Nazi's 'sharpest weapon in conquering the state'.

Propaganda

The Nazis sought to indoctrinate the people with their __ (view of the world).

Weltanshauung

The Nazis sought to turn people into committed members of the __ (national community).

volksgemeinschaft

According to Goebbels, state propaganda must __ complicated ways of thinking.

simplify

According to Hitler, any effective propaganda must be reduced to the __ of essential concepts.

minimum

The Nazis implemented a policy of __ to conform all institutions to National Socialism.

Gleichschaltung

The Nazis gained control of media through direct ownership, controlling workers, directing production and prosecuting __ activities.

non-conformist

The __ was crucial to the Nazis for spreading propaganda.

radio

In March 1933, Hitler set up the Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (__).

RMVP

The __ was used to unite the nation behind the ideal of the national revolution.

RMVP

The Nazis established the __ to exercise control over all aspects of cultural activities.

Reich Chamber of Culture

By 1937, the Reich Chamber of Culture employed __ people.

14,000

The aim of the Reich Culture Chamber was to promote German culture for the benefit of the __ and the Reich.

Volk

After 1933, the arts were compelled to serve as vehicles for the transmission of Nazi __.

ideology

The Reich Press Chamber included the Reich Association of the German Press, which kept a register of acceptable __ and journalists.

editors

In Oct 1933 a law made __ responsible for infringements of government directives.

editors

The __ controlled the content of the press through the state-controlled Press Agency.

RMVP

By 1939, __% of households owned a 'People's receiver'.

70

In 1942, state-controlled film companies were all nationalised under __.

Ufi

__ regulated the content of both German made and imported films.

The Reich Film Chamber

__ made himself responsible for approving every film made in Germany.

Goebbels

During the Nazi regime over __ feature films were produced.

1000

__ made the film 'Triumph of the Will'.

Leni Riefenstahl

In 1940 three __ films were produced to stress the Jews as a parasitic race within the nation.

antisemitic

In Nazi Germany, art was most used and had to be __ and in line with the ideals of National Socialism.

heroic

All artists had to join the __.

Reich Culture Chamber

Sculptures like __ were given vast studios to create mass amounts of structures.

Arno Breker

In Munich 1937, there were two exhibitions, one of degenerate art and one of __.

German art

The Exhibition of Degenerate Art reflected the disruption of established values under the __.

Weimer Republic

__ described architecture as the 'word in stone'.

Hitler

__ was Hitler’s personal architect and became General Architectural Inspector of the Reich in 1937.

Albert Speer

The best-selling book in Nazi Germany was __.

Mein Kampf

Experimental music, such as the atonal compositions of __ was banned as decadent.

Schoenberg

Hitler's favorites, Wagner, Strauss and __ were given special stress.

Bruckner

Nazis banned music such as __ as it was considered ‘black music’ therefore was racially inferior.

Jazz

Hitler’s revolution in 1933 put an end to the __ of the Weimar Republic.

diversity

Where propaganda opposed traditional loyalties (i.e., the __ ) it was far less successful.

Church

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

1000