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Chapter 7 – Propaganda in Nazi Germany

Resources have been divided into two sections:

1. Key Personalities

2. Propaganda and the Nuremberg Rallies

1. Key Personalities

GoebbelsFeature on Goebbels called The Man Behind Hitler from PBS. Contains a host of useful features including a timeline, articles on key personalities and events and a gallery comparing German and US propaganda posters.



One-page profile of Goebbels with excerpts from primary documents at the end of the biography:



Good examination of the career of Goebbels from the Jewish Virtual Library:



Riefenstahl

Profile of the filmmaker from PBS



Website dedicated to Leni Reifenstahl that is named the first film she directed – The Blue Light



Short but useful one-page profile of the German filmmaker from the Encyclopedia Britannica:



You can watch excerpts from her most controversial work The Triumph of the Will here:



BBC news report on the death of Reifenstahl in 2003 that gives an assessment of her career



2. Propaganda and the Nuremberg Rallies

Examination of Nazi Propaganda from the BBC website written by Professor David Welch:



Visual examples of Nazi propaganda from this American University website – divided into pre and post 1933 material:



Fabulous exhibit about the 1936 Olympics from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Arguably the Nazi’s greatest propaganda triumph the site contains a history of the games as well as video material.



Another excellent site from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum called State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda. Site includes a timeline, a gallery and detail on the people’s radio.



Pictures from different Nuremberg Rallies: Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the image:

1936

1937:

1938 (in colour)

Watch a short colour clip of the 1937 Nuremberg Rally. There are also a large number of related videos as well:



Information about the history of the different parts of the Rally Grounds at Nuremberg – very professional. Interesting to learn that one Stadium was used to host games in the 2006 Football World Cup.



Interesting student activity that allows you to decide whether images from The Triumph of the Will should appear on the homepage of the PBS website



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