Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda

Nazi government agency / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:

Can you list the top facts and stats about Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda?

Summarize this article for a 10 years old

SHOW ALL QUESTIONS

The Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda; RMVP), also known simply as the Ministry of Propaganda (Propagandaministerium), controlled the content of the press, literature, visual arts, film, theater, music and radio in Nazi Germany.

Quick facts: Ministry overview, Formed, Dissolved, Jurisdi...
Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda (German)
Reichsadler_Deutsches_Reich_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg
Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1989-0821-502%2C_Joseph_Goebbels.jpg
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels in 1942
Ministry overview
Formed14 March 1933 (1933-03-14)
Dissolved23 May 1945 (1945-05-23)
JurisdictionGovernment of Nazi Germany
HeadquartersOrdenspalais
Wilhelmplatz 8/9, Berlin-Mitte
52°30′45″N 13°23′1″E
Employees2,000 (1939)
Annual budget14 million ℛℳ (1933)
(€65 million in 2021)
187 million ℛℳ (1941)
(€803 million in 2021)
Ministers responsible
Child agencies
Close

The ministry was created as the central institution of Nazi propaganda shortly after the party's national seizure of power in January 1933. In the Hitler cabinet, it was headed by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, who exercised control over all German mass media and creative artists through his ministry and the Reich Chamber of Culture (Reichskulturkammer), which was established in the fall of 1933.