1.  starter activity
Why was this photo of Goebbels never published during the Third Reich? Josef Goebbels was appointed as Minister for Popular Enlightenment. What do you think this title really means?

2. What skills would you expect a Minister for Propaganda to have?
Read about Josef Goebbels’ life. Highlight evidence which shows the Goebbels had the right skills for the job.
Highlight evidence that he wouldn’t want the public to know. Annotate and explain why

3. Josef Goebbels,

4. Goebbels with the ‘People’s Receiver’ radio

5. Goebbels with his wife Magda and family

6. Goebbels with his Mistress Lida Baarova (1914-2000)

7. Goebbels’ children were drugged and poisoned on 1st May 1945 – a day after the death of Hitler

8. Would you have believed in Nazi propaganda?
 Key words: propaganda censorship Ministry for Popular Enlightenment
Would you have believed in Nazi propaganda?
 Aims
To understand the different forms of propaganda used
To evaluate their effectiveness

9.  Your task
Josef Goebbels faced many problems when he became Propaganda Chief. Read about his problems on p.111. How would you resolve these problems?

10. Problems, problems
Newspaper – many owned by Jewish editors, lack of national papers
Radio – stations tended to be local, few could afford radios
Films – people used to high quality, very experimental
Festivals – what could be celebrated?
Culture – Weimar’s ‘Golden Age’ seen as subversive

11.  Your task
You are going to hold a Nazi propaganda fair. You have 15 minutes to prepare a poster explaining how one particular area of Nazi propaganda helped to promote Nazi values. Use the text book and links on the website. You can only have a maximum of 20 words, but you can use images or diagrams. Appoint one member to stay with your poster and visit the other stands. At the end of the fair, you must compare notes and ensure you have a full set of notes. You will then be given a test on what you have learned. The winning tea, will win fruition points

12. Team sheet Newspapers Films Radio Festivals Music & theatre Literature
Architecture
Art
Berlin Olympics
Images of Hitler

13. Degenerate Art Exhibition, 1937
Germania

16. Warning: Georgia may be upset by some of these images

18. Which was more effective in controlling German people: the use of fear or the use of propaganda? Other factors?

19.  Success criteria Needs to improve Getting better Wow factor!
Refers only to the use of propaganda
Explains how propaganda was important but briefly discusses the role of other factors, e.g. the use of terror
Explains and evaluates the importance of propaganda (considering its successes and failures, e.g. Degenerate Art Exhibition)
Explains and evaluates the importance of fear (e.g. use of gestapo but the theory rumours spread by ordinary Germans was just as powerful)
Explains and evaluates the role of ‘Gleischaltung’, e.g. Enabling Act but the need to monitor & enforce new laws
Reaches a judgement

20.  Homework
How important was propaganda, among other factors in helping the Nazi’s maintain control over the German people?
Include references to:
Propaganda
Use of terror
Establishment of a dictatorship
 Conduct further research into the topics covered today to add depth to your notes