The Third Reich : politics and propaganda 1. The Conquest of the Masses 2. Goebbels as Propagandist 3. Restructuring the Means of Communication. The Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda. The Reich Chamber of Culture. Radio. Press. Film 4. Propaganda and Public Opinion 1933 9. The National Community (Volksgemeinschaft). The need for racial purity. Charismatic leadership and the Hitler Myth 5. Nazi Propaganda at War 1939 45. Blitzkrieg and victory. The Russian campaign. Total war and the need for strengthening morale. Retreat into mythology and promises of retaliation Postscript: Germanys search for a bearable past. The Historikerstreit