The Triumph of Propaganda

<p> The Nazis saw film as a major vehicle for both indoctrination and escapist pacification of the masses; in fact Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels tried to create a German counter-Hollywood. This highly acclaimed study by one of Germany's leading commentators and authors on cultural policy analyses the pictorial and spoken language of the various film genres in the Third Reich including news reels documentaries feature and cultural films. It shows how a powerful and sinister propaganda machine emerged which by deploying a wide range of psychological techniques exerted a strong fascination on the masses. These methods were so successful that they continue to serve as models for totalitarian régimes to this day.</p>