1. Prior to the second world war, for example, Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s propaganda minister, took control of Germany’s film industry.

2. Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels made effective use of film, mass rallies, and Hitler's hypnotic oratory to influence public opinion.

3. World War II cartoon shows German propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels admonishing a ragged battered old man labeled "Germany," who carries a tattered paper reading, "Promise of Victory." The old man is surrounded by threatening soldiers, one labeled "Gestapo." Goebbels says, "Der Fuehrer says you must win the war or be enslaved by the Bolshevists." On January 1, Hitler addressed