How Nazi Established Total Control Over Its People?

How Nazi Established Total Control Over Its People?

Nazi state sought to establish full control over its people by

(i) Dismantling democratic institutions and establishing a totalitarian form of government. Projecting communism, socialism and democracy as great enemies.

(ii) Suspension of civic rights like freedom of speech, press – ad association guaranteed by the Weimar Constitution.

(iii) Banning of all political parties and trade unions except for Nazi party and its affiliates.

(iv) Establishing complete control over economy, media, army, education and the judiciary.

(v) Creating special surveillance and security forces like Gestapo and vesting them with extra constitutional powers.

(vi) Providing employment through state funded work creation programmes.

(vii) Glorifying war and choosing the path of war as a way out of economic crises.

(viii) Argument of strongest race would survive and the weak one would perish.

(ix) Blaming the Jews for national humiliation in World War I and targeting them as cause of the misery of the people and undertaking genocidal war against the Jews.

(x) Subjecting the youth to intense period of Nazi ideological training both inside and outside school.

(xi) By careful and deceptive use of various propaganda mediums to control the minds and emotions of people.