Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
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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.
| Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda (German) | |
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 Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels in 1942 | |
| Ministry overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 14 March 1933 (1933-03-14) |
| Dissolved | 23 May 1945 (1945-05-23) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Nazi Germany |
| Headquarters | Ordenspalais Wilhelmplatz 8/9, Berlin-Mitte 52°30′45″N 13°23′1″E |
| Employees | 2,000 (1939) |
| Annual budget | 14 million ℛℳ (1933) (€65 million in 2021) 187 million ℛℳ (1941) (€803 million in 2021) |
| Ministers responsible | |
| Child agencies | |
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.