(Government)
The way Hitler consolidated power in 1933-1934 meant that the Nazis had absolute control of national and local government. Enabling Act
Local government reorganised
Political parties banned
Hitler became Führer
(Education and youth)
The lives of young people were controlled both in and out of school to turn them into fanatical Nazis. Non-Nazi teachers and university professors were sacked; teachers had to join the National Socialist Teachers' League.
Textbooks were re-written to include Nazi political and racial ideas.
History was taught to glorify Germany.
There was a concentration on physical fitness.
Girls were taught cookery; boys were taught science and maths.
The Hitler Youth was compulsory; it indoctrinated boys and prepared them for war.
The Nazi Girls' youth organisation - the BDM - was compulsory; it indoctrinated girls and prepared them for church, children and cooking.
(propaganda)
Josef Goebbels controlled the Propaganda Ministry, which aimed to brainwash people into obeying the Nazis and idolising Hitler.
This page summarises the main aspects of life where the Nazis took control, and the methods they used to maintain control. The rest of of this Revision Bite will look into these aspects in more detail. The Propaganda Ministry worked hard to ensure that people were persuaded to adopt the Nazi point of view:
Mass rallies at Nuremberg.
Newspapers were censored.
People's radios were sold very cheaply, but broadcasts were controlled.
Films were controlled to make films that glorified war and pilloried the Jews.
Loudspeakers in public places blared out Nazi propaganda.
Cult of personality - Hitler's picture was everywhere, and he was portrayed as Germany's saviour.
