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Photo: Adolf Hitler and Julius Streicher at a Nuremberg Nazi Rally in 1923. Image donated by Corbis-Bettmann.

Photo: Adolf Hitler and Julius Streicher at a Nuremberg Nazi Rally in 1923. Image donated by Corbis-Bettmann.

The National Socialists (Nazis) paid careful attention to the importance of ritual and display. Carefully crafted propaganda made clear distinctions between “Aryans” and “enemies of the people.”

 

 

 

 

Photo: Crowd cheers Adolf Hitler.

Photo: Crowd cheering Adolf Hitler.

Large crowds amassed for rallies (usually at night with much pomp and circumstance) were treated to major spectacles and unforgettable oratory by Hitler.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo: Nazis march through the streets of Nunberg to the Nazi Party Congress carrying flags adorned with swastikas which have just be adopted as the sole emblem of Germany. Image donated by Corbis-Bettmann.

Photo: Nazis march through the streets of Nunberg to the Nazi Party Congress carrying flags adorned with swastikas which have just be adopted as the sole emblem of Germany. Image donated by Corbis-Bettmann.

The swastika became an everpresent reminder of the control of the Party in everyday life. Those who wore the swastika were seen to hold power over those not deemed acceptable to the Party.

It is important to note that there was both negative and positive propaganda. The negative propaganda denigrated “enemies of the state”. The positive propaganda stressed the greatness of the German Reich and the “Aryan” people. Both forms of propaganda were present in daily life of the German people.

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