Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda

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Nazi institution government ministry

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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Nazi propaganda apparatus 2
Reich Ministry of Propaganda 2
Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda 2

Statements (52)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heinrich Hoffmann → benefitedFrom → Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nazi propaganda apparatus
Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin → hasBuilding → Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda ⓘ
Cabinet of Adolf Hitler → hasPart → Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and 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
Otto Dietrich → participantIn → Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nazi propaganda apparatus
Joseph Goebbels → positionHeld → Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Triumph des Willens → producer → Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichspropagandaleitung der NSDAP
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
Nazi Germany → propagandaMinistry → Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and 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
Ministries Trial → triedInstitution → Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda ⓘ
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