#8217; that would use this to take control of the entire population, and eventually the rest of the world. Hitler believed that the age in which he lived and ruled, was in dire need of this type deliverance. He knew that the problems Germany was facing were complicated at the time, and realized that the people would be easy to convince that there could be a way to get out of all these problems realistically. He would be the savior, the one that would lead them to the light. Hitler stuck into the hearts of the Germans at the right time, when they were weak, scared and extremely vulnerable. He knew that they would follow him, because they were so desperate for a way to avoid war within the country that they would do anything to keep that from happening. Hitler delivered that solution, and gained a following that would help him in his plot to put the rest of the map under his control. During the rise of this huge propaganda campaign, the three main men involved in all this were Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, and the Reich Press Chief, Otto Dietrich. They accomplished their task to the degree never before dreamed of in terms of technical efficiency, range, depth and intensity, and impeccable timing. Hitler once said, “With the help of a clever persistent propaganda, even heaven can be represented to the people as hell, and the most wretched life as paradise….”(The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich- pg. 244-245). Hitler knew that the minds of the people could be convinced that what he wanted was right for them and the rest of the world. These first ideas of the ‘propaganda war’ were originally printed in Mein Kampf, one of Hitler’s most famous books. The Nazi Propaganda Lords planted speakers in every public square, urging and inciting riots against minority elements such as the Jews. They also told every editor in the press what type of material was desired and what was forbidden, to spread to message...
