Eastern Michigan University
The effectiveness of Nazi propaganda during World War II
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This thesis examines Nazi propaganda’s overall effectiveness during Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s through the end of World War II in 1945. Historians have had mixed opinions of the overall potency of the propaganda. The questions in consideration are why Nazi propaganda received so much support from the Nazi leadership if it didn’t work and whether or not it was a primary reason Germany continued to resist until the end of the war. Using the diaries of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Propaganda Minister, soldiers’ letters from the front lines, the propaganda itself, and a variety of secondary sources, this work investigated these questions and found that propaganda was indeed influential throughout the duration of the Third Reich. Three primary elements were effective: indoctrination, anti-Soviet propaganda, and the intense media deification of Hitler that came to be known as the Hitler Myth.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Open Access Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- History and Philosophy
- Year dc:date.available
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Stout, Michael J.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Steven Ramold, PhD., Chair
- Ron Delph, PhD.
- James Holoka, PhD.
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://commons.emich.edu/theses/314
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:commons.emich.edu:theses-1313