Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda

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The Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda was the central Nazi government agency, led by Joseph Goebbels, responsible for controlling and disseminating propaganda and censoring culture, media, and information in Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi institution
government ministry
controlled German film industry
German press
German publishing industry
German radio
German theatre
art exhibitions
cultural associations
country Germany
headOfGovernmentDuringExistence Adolf Hitler
ideology German nationalism
Nazism
antisemitism
totalitarianism
implementedPolicy Gleichschaltung of culture and media
censorship of dissenting views
militarization of German society through propaganda
promotion of Führer cult
propagation of racial ideology
suppression of opposition press
ministerInCharge Joseph Goebbels
namedAfter public enlightenment and propaganda
nativeName Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda self-linksurface differs
surface form: Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda
notableLeader Joseph Goebbels
primaryFunction censorship
control of culture
control of mass media
political indoctrination
state propaganda
responsibleFor coordination of Nazi propaganda abroad
film policy in Nazi Germany
literature policy in Nazi Germany
music policy in Nazi Germany
press policy in Nazi Germany
propaganda campaigns against Jews
radio broadcasting in Nazi Germany
theatre policy in Nazi Germany
visual arts policy in Nazi Germany
war propaganda during World War II
shortName Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda self-linksurface differs
surface form: Reich Ministry of Propaganda
subordinateTo Cabinet of Adolf Hitler
Nazi Germany
surface form: Government of Nazi Germany
usedMedium books
cinema
cultural events
newspapers
newsreels
pamphlets
posters
radio
rallies

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Nazi Germany propagandaMinistry Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Ministries Trial triedInstitution Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
this entity surface form: Reich Ministry of Propaganda
Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda nativeName Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda
Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda shortName Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Reich Ministry of Propaganda
Third Reich usedPropagandaBy Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
this entity surface form: Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Joseph Goebbels positionHeld Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
this entity surface form: Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin hasBuilding Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Otto Dietrich participantIn Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
this entity surface form: Nazi propaganda apparatus
Leni Riefenstahl’s film Olympia productionCompany Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
subject surface form: Olympia
this entity surface form: Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda
Cabinet of Adolf Hitler hasPart Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Triumph des Willens producer Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
this entity surface form: Reichspropagandaleitung der NSDAP
Heinrich Hoffmann benefitedFrom Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
this entity surface form: Nazi propaganda apparatus
Reich ministry notableExample Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Walther Funk employer Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War closelyAssociatedWith Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
this entity surface form: Ministry of Propaganda
Karl Hanke workedFor Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
German broadcasting authorities supervisedBy Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations productionCompany Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
this entity surface form: Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda
SdA componentOf Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
this entity surface form: Nazi propaganda system