Monday, September 14, 2009

"Downfall" Notes 4/HW 8

Aims: Re-establish German greatness through military strength.
Methods: Propaganda (Army toys, Hitler youth, Film, Radio, Magazines, Children singing national songs) Marriage Laws, Medical experiments, concentration camps
Rise: Hitler's appeal, ability to make people believe
Ideology: Social Darwinism, Master Aryan Race
  1. Hitler constantly explains his ideological belief that only the strongest people survive, and that those who are killed in the war are simply not worthy of living.
  2. Propaganda can be seen in the way children view their leader and their country. One young boy from the Hitler Youth is seen with several German army toys, and Goebbels' children are sometimes shown singing nationalistic songs.
  3. The appeal that helped Hitler rise to power is apparent in how loyal everyone seems to be to him. Several people in the film say that they would rather stay and die with their leader than run away and survive.
  4. Hitler shows that he aims to re-establish Germany as a powerful nation through the use of its military (methods).

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