Please use the websites listed below and the readings to answer the questions. Answers can be brief
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6uajey
https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-6/visual-essay-impact-propaganda#8
1.How does Detlev Peukert explain the relationship between propaganda and various types of consent for the Nazi regime? Refer to:
a. The ‘Führer Myth’ – what was it, how effective was it, and in what ways did it fail? (Pages 71-73 will be
particularly useful to you, here).
b. Propaganda as a source of entertainment. What types of propaganda were used, and how did they placate
the masses? (Note the Goebbels quotes on page 78, and the words of the anonymous diarist on page 79).
- What kind of portrait of Nazi Germany does Leni Riefenstahl paint in her iconic propaganda film Triumph of
the Will (1935)? Describe how she represents:
a. The concept of Volksgemeinschaft.
b. The ‘Führer myth.’ - What does Catherine Epstein argue about the popularity of the National Socialism? To what extent was
public consent for the regime manipulated via propaganda? Consider equally the ways in which:
a. German participation in the Nazi regime was made fun and enjoyable through schemes like Kraft durch
Freude.
b. The ‘successes’ (i.e. in the economy or in foreign policy) of National Socialism were manipulated via
propaganda.