Shortly after assuming the title of German führer ("leader" or "guide") in 1933, Hitler moved to consolidate his power through propaganda campaigns carefully orchestrated by Joseph Goebbels.

that in the end they succumb to it utterly and can never again escape from it," wrote Joseph Goebbels in his diary. Adolph Hitler agreed. Following the Nazis' rise to power in 1933 ...

Hitler and the Nazi Party were a constant presence in the life of the German people ... of Enlightenment and Propaganda, headed by Dr Joseph Goebbels. It aimed to brainwash people into obeying ...

Joseph Goebbels, Minister for National Enlightenment, controlled the media and arts. Goebbels made sure that Germans were fed Nazi ideology while organising for other ideas to be censored.