In a time before mass television, radio was on of the most effective ways for Hitler to broadcast his message. Joseph Goebbels, head of Nazi propaganda, struck the idea to make cheap radios easily available for the majority of Germany. Radio allowed Hitler's speeches to enter the homes of millions. Goebbels said that "What the press was for the Nineteenth century, the radio will be for the Twentieth."
All Germans were required to listen only to approved German broadcasts. Fifteen hundred Germans were prosecuted for listening to London Based radio frequencies.
Goebbels also broadcasting to try to spread the ideas of Nazism internationally. The first international broadcasts were of performances by Germany's top opera singers, along with the more minimalistic messages from Hitler. The broadcasts covered all of Western Europe and a huge broadcasting station at Seesen, near Berlin, ensured that broadcasts could be heard around the world. By 1938, shortwave broadcasts were being transmitted 24 hours a day in twelve different languages
All Germans were required to listen only to approved German broadcasts. Fifteen hundred Germans were prosecuted for listening to London Based radio frequencies.
Goebbels also broadcasting to try to spread the ideas of Nazism internationally. The first international broadcasts were of performances by Germany's top opera singers, along with the more minimalistic messages from Hitler. The broadcasts covered all of Western Europe and a huge broadcasting station at Seesen, near Berlin, ensured that broadcasts could be heard around the world. By 1938, shortwave broadcasts were being transmitted 24 hours a day in twelve different languages