GLEICHSCHALTUNG:

WHAT IS "GLEICHSCHALTUNG"?

• To make the same or put into line
• Hitler's strategy
• Education and media in the spirit of national socialism

HOW DID HITLER ACHIEVE IT?

• Non-Nazi organizations were eliminated
• Opponents were even murdered
• Propaganda: movies, radio broadcasts and newspapers

EFFECT ON DUTCH PRESS

• Germany's defeat of the Netherlands
• Dutch press under Nazi control
• Legal newspaper: the Telegraaf
• The Telegraaf came under nazi control
• Secrelty received information about the war

ILLEGAL PRESS

• Inform and turning against National Socialism
• Algemeen Handelsblad by Von Balluseck
• Underground press
• What happened after 1945?
• Trouw & het Parool

QUESTIONS

◉ Why did Hitler introduce Gleichschaltung?

◉ Why didn't the nazis start their own newspaper or media in the Netherlands?

◉ Why was underground press more trusted?

◉ Do you think the suspension of the Telegraaf after the war was reasonable?

◉ Why is illegal press something that could have affected Hitlers road to succes?

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