Propaganda and disinformation have been a explosive topic since at least the US presidency of Donald Trump and the state propaganda of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Germany, too, is home to numerous conspiracy theories and so-called fake news, whether in election campaigns, during the Corona pandemic, or regarding the war in Ukraine. Even young people should learn to engage critically with them. A look back at the Nazi era helps here as well, when a dedicated Propaganda Ministry worked at every level to steer public opinion.
The NS-Dokumentationszentrum and the BR media literacy projects therefore jointly offer a 90-minute webtalk on this topic. Using many examples, historian Thomas Rink and journalist Elke Dillmann explain how propaganda and disinformation functioned in the Nazi era and what forms they take today.