Adolf Hitler's Propaganda

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Adolf Hitler believed that the real cause of the German capitulation in World War I was the collapse of the home front. For this reason, Hitler and the Nazi party placed great emphasis on keeping up German morale at home. As a whole, this was affective and ordinary German’s were able to sustain their moral throughout World War II. Hitler and Nazi leaders used public opinion in order to shape propaganda designed to boost morale throughout the war. The German people were held together by the Nazis propaganda strategies, their unconditional devotion to their Führer, and their will to survive and pull together.
Joseph Goebbels the Minister of Public Enlighten and Propaganda spearheaded the Nazi’s propaganda strategies. His initial twofold plan …show more content…

It was remarkable how no matter what was going on in Germany or abroad the public’s faith in their leader never truly waivered. This is evident with their use of phrases like “Trust in the Führer,” that showed how the nation was united behind Hitler (Spielvogel and Redles, page 238). The Nazi’s used this fact to constantly boost morale by simply building up the image of Hitler as a courageous all powerful leader. He was also pushed to seem infallible and deserving of complete loyalty and obedience (Spielvogel and Redles, page …show more content…

Many think that Nazi ideology and people’s belief in the Nazi platform prompted their continued support and approval of the war. However, their continued moral actually arose from their simple will to survive and the traditional German values of obedience and duty to their nation obedience (Spielvogel and Redles, page 237). It is incredible that even the heavy allied bombing failed to break down their moral. Even though it did affect civilian morale both Nazi and anti-Nazis pulled together in the face of disaster through their common desire to survive. A leader of the local National Socialist Women’s Bureau even said, “The German woman… is determined not to surrender the essence of her world… to the enemy without a fight,” (Spielvogel and Redles, page 241). After all the bombing and all of the casualties the German people knew that they had done all they could and had never really lost hope. They had been a battlefront just as the soldiers had been on their war

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