Nazi Censorship and Propaganda
The Nazis, for them to remain effective, needed special censoring of all the terrible crimes they have committed. Not only that, but they had to increase their popularity to prevent population mutinies and other rebellions. Josef Goebbels was the Nazi head of propaganda, and he did a damn good job of it!!!
First of all, Goebbels had to hide all the murders and assassinations behind heavy drapes of curtains, metaphorically speaking. He had to invent ways of preventing the general public from finding out about all the illegal and horrendous things the Nazis did. For example, Goebbels had to cover up the Night of the Long Knives or at least soften the results to avoid suspicion and hatred of the Nazis. Goebbels, even though he is an antagonist of sorts, can be viewed from both sides as a pro. Few can spite his ingenious and artistic ways to design new methods of censoring and how cunningly he hides the truth with lesser truths.
However, Goebbels's main skill was undoubtedly propaganda and he went to great lengths to install his own propaganda machine. For example, few saw Hitler as the kind of brute he actually was and his outer face engineered by Goebbels was one of love and kindness; he loved children, he avoided the perverse pleasures of most men and he avoided getting a salary. In truth, he wasn't interested in sex and he made tons of money from his book Mein Kampf. The only true idea was that Hitler actually liked children.
Goebbels's main advertising was to warp the truth, so only the good facts could be seen and the bad were made better. That was why he was so effective.
First of all, Goebbels had to hide all the murders and assassinations behind heavy drapes of curtains, metaphorically speaking. He had to invent ways of preventing the general public from finding out about all the illegal and horrendous things the Nazis did. For example, Goebbels had to cover up the Night of the Long Knives or at least soften the results to avoid suspicion and hatred of the Nazis. Goebbels, even though he is an antagonist of sorts, can be viewed from both sides as a pro. Few can spite his ingenious and artistic ways to design new methods of censoring and how cunningly he hides the truth with lesser truths.
However, Goebbels's main skill was undoubtedly propaganda and he went to great lengths to install his own propaganda machine. For example, few saw Hitler as the kind of brute he actually was and his outer face engineered by Goebbels was one of love and kindness; he loved children, he avoided the perverse pleasures of most men and he avoided getting a salary. In truth, he wasn't interested in sex and he made tons of money from his book Mein Kampf. The only true idea was that Hitler actually liked children.
Goebbels's main advertising was to warp the truth, so only the good facts could be seen and the bad were made better. That was why he was so effective.