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citizens became bored or suspicious, and the press as a
source of information and opinion lost its standing
and influence.
Rolf Hoffman, who headed the Foreign Press Department
of the NSDAP in Munich and who served for two years in
the propaganda department during the war, was tough in his
criticism of the system. He estimated that 80 percent of
the members of the profession found the system intolerable
because of the regulations and pressure. He said most
journalists became hypocrites without any initiative.
There was no recruitment of young talent and editors
were always receiving complaints and reprimands from
Dietrich, he said, adding, "But, how could an editor
publish a good paper when he sat with one foot in jail
and the other in the editorial room" (2, p. 322).
Despite the criticism, even from the men who super-
vised the press, there was one fact that could not be
debated. Control of the press became a lethal weapon
in the hands of the Nazis. They used it to condition
the people to accept aggressive wars. Without it, it
would have been impossible for German fascism to realize
its aggressive intentions, to lay the groundwork for,
and then to perpetrate war crimes and crimes against
humanity (3, p. 33).
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McConal, Billy Jon. How Hitler Controlled the Press, thesis, May 1982; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504092/m1/77/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .