Adolf Hitler Propaganda

Between the time of 1933-1945 Adolf Hitler was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer of Nazi Germany. The psychological tactics employed by the Nazi Party were the primary factors resulting in fascism attaining a mass following in Germany. Psychological warfare, also known as ‘PSYWAR’ takes many different forms including propaganda, threats and other psychological techniques to intimidate, mislead, demoralize or otherwise influence the thinking or behaviour of an opponent. Hitler used psychological warfare all the time throughout his time as chancellor and Führer. Hitler’s Youth movement was very popular because of his talent to manipulate the people to follow him and his plan for Germany. The education in the Nazi Party period

He had many tactics to play mind games on the people he wanted to support him. Propaganda was the art of persuasion. The two main tasks were to ensure nobody in Germany could read or see anything that was hostile or damaging to the Nazi Party and to ensure that the views of the Nazi’s were put across in the most persuasive manner possible. The first tactic that was ever used by Hitler was the way on how he promoted the meeting, he sent out two truckloads of party supporters to drive around with swastikas, cause a big commotion and throw out leaflets. His propaganda, speeches and appears for unity, which could be heard by millions over the radio, gave the impression of an irresistible revolution, which in spite of some outbursts of S.A. brutally was basically a positive force leading to the revival of Germany. Using these tactics would get all the people of Germany to support him and his

The Hitler Youth was definitely popular from the beginning. He would not rest or relax until every single German was an independent, free, happy man in his Fatherland, “And Hitler, as we heard everywhere, Hitler wanted to bring greatness, happiness and well-being to his Fatherland,” (Inge Scholl, 1961). “What we looked for from our German Youth is different from what people wanted in the past. In our eyes, the German Youth of the future must be slim and slender. We must educate a new type of man so that our people is not ruined by the symptoms of degeneracy of our day,” (Hitler, September 1935). By the end of 1933, the year the Nazi came into power, the Hitler Youth already had over 2 million members. In 1937 they had over 5 million members and over 7 million in 1939. In 1939, about 4 million young people not in the movement, which is about 40 percent of all young Germans. “We heard that we should live for a great cause. We were taken seriously, and indeed in a very special way. We believe ourselves to be members of a great, well-ordered organisation, we felt like we were part of a process, of a movement that created people out of a mass, “ (Inge Scholl, 1961). After World War II many people had second thoughts about the Hitler Youth because of everything they caused and did during the war. The Youth movement was very popular due to Hitler’s manipulation