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CHAPTER VI
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
Summary
From the very beginning of his entry into politics,
Hitler voiced in both writings and speeches that a
totally controlled press was a necessity in his philosophy
about governmental power. Even in his private life,
Hitler frequently brought into conversations the subject
of the nation's press. In those informal discussions,
he spoke strongly for a controlled press, saying repeatedly
that such a press was crucial and necessary for the sur-
vival of the Nazi party.
Hitler wanted to control the press because he knew
that such control would give him an almost infinite power
over the country. By being able to twist all accounts
of major news events into stories that would tell only
the good side of the Nazi program and would offer only
good motives for each act, Hitler knew that he could
totally saturate the minds of the German people, almost
severing their abilities to make any kind of decision
except in favor of the Nazi program. Hitler knew that
by maintaining total control over the press, he. could
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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/m1/88/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .