🔺In 1933, Germany had approximately 4,700 independent newspapers. Through laws and decrees, the Nazi regime systematically shut down oppositional presses and abolished freedom of speech.
🔻 Joseph Goebbels’ Ministry of Propaganda sent out daily instructions (Tagesparole) telling every newspaper, Nazi or independent, exactly what to print, down to specific headlines.
🔺The Nazi Party rapidly expanded its own press empire, such as their primary organ, the Völkischer Beobachter. Party members and followers were legally pressured to subscribe to these publications.
🔻Before the Nazi takeover, newspapers like the Münchener Post were fearless in investigating and criticizing Hitler, but all independent investigative journalism was permanently silenced shortly after he took office.
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