Radio Propaganda Used During World War II

Throughout the world today millions of people tune into the news and listen to podcasts and people really listen to these messages, but how did the news make people listen? During the time of the World Wars, most journalists worked hard to produce good and factual stories and headlines. The Nazi leader, Hitler did the opposite; he had the idea of making hateful news to target the Jewish community and gain support along the way. Hitler started making radio broadcasts in order to spread his malicious comments all around the world, but during World War II these radio broadcasts became very popular and got a lot of attention. Radio propaganda was the most effective Nazi weapon during World War II because of the broadcasters, brainwashing, and increasing

According to Oxford Academic, “radio propaganda helped the Nazis enroll new party members. After the Nazis established their rule, radio propaganda incited anti-Semitic acts and denunciations of Jews to authorities by ordinary citizens”(DENA). Through this quote, readers are able to see that these radio broadcasts influenced hateful actions onto Jews. This can further point to the fact that these messages can help to increase Nazi power by propaganda because it helped to recruit Nazi soldiers and members. Through these new party members the German army was able to gain more money for the war. Based on the evidence, “the growth of Nazi popularity slowed down in areas with access to radio. This effect was reversed during the campaign for the last competitive election as a result of the pro-Nazi radio

John Whitton argues that, “Radio propaganda has been employed, not merely as a gradual process of molding the minds of the peoples, often far from the scene of conflict; it has also become an instrument in actual battle. Thus the Nazis have used the radio as a dynamic weapon”(Whitton). During the time of World War II Nazis used radios to control millions of minds into believing their propaganda. This social tool can manipulate the future in ways that were devastating to the Jewish population and it is fair to say that propaganda caused the deaths of millions of Jews. Without the influence of the radio would the Nazis have been as powerful? Whitton further says that, “Radio, as the most effective method of disseminating propaganda, has taken its place alongside diplomacy, economic pressure and military power as one of the accepted instruments of foreign policy”(Whitton). This points to the fact how dangerous the radio was back then because the Nazis were controlling people's opinions and views during World War II. Another example proves “And there have been many messages from Rome and Berlin designed to turn the people of Latin America against the United States”(Whittion). The radio produced false ideas during that time because the United States was one of Nazis most powerful enemies. Nazis would constantly bad mouth its