The Nazis primarily focused on increasing their membership through advertising the party correctly. They did this through simple and effective propaganda.The Nazis started recommending clear messages which went to a broad range of people and their problems. These messages differing from "Bread to Work", aimed at the working class and the fear of unemployment, to a "Mother and Child" poster potraying the Nazi ideals regarding woman. Jews and Communists also highlight heavily in the Nazi propaganda as enemies of the German people. Joseph Goebbels was the key to the Nazis use of propaganda to increase their appeal. Goebbels used a combination of the "modern media", such as films, radio, posters and newspapers so he could reach as many people as possible. The technique worked and he began to build an image of Hitler as a strong, a stable leader that Germany needed to become a great power again.
Changes the Nazi made to Germany
The fire in Reichstag, the parliament building, was a key moment in this development. On 27 February 1933, guards noticed flame blazing through the roof. No one ever knew who created the fire, he was never found. The Nazi leadership was quick to arrive at the scene. Goring called out, "This is the beginning of the Communist revolt, they will start their attack now! Not a moment must be lost!" Before he could go on, Hitler interrupted and shouted, " There will be no mercy now. Anyone who stands in our way will be cutdown."
The Jews
These are the jews who fought for Hitler.
While the Nazi's took over, their energy was mainly directly against their political opponents. The German jews formed the exception. As a group, they did not oppose the goal of the Nazis. They were always the victims of violence, harassment, and oppression. The government took official action against Jews. The government announced a major bycott of Jewish products. It was the first step in a series of anti-Jewish measures that would end in the Holocaust.
Women
In public, Hitler said women were "equal but different from men", but he actually though women were low-ranking than men. He believed women's lives should revolve around the three K's:
1. Kinder = Children
2. Kuche = Kitchen
3. Kirche = Church
The Nazis expected women to stay home, look after their family and produce children in order to secure the furute of the Aryan race.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
Mr and Mrs Andrews is an oil on canvas portrait of about 1750 by Thomas Gainsborough, now in the National Gallery, London. [more]
Flatford Mill
Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large "six-foot" paintings [more]
The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]
The Hireling Shepherd
This is a painting by William Holman Hunt, a leading British Pre-Raphaelite.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
