The Nazis are infamous for their massive use of propaganda during their reign in the Third Reich, they used many means of propaganda such as posters, cartoons, radio, films, etc. The constant exposure of German citizens to all this propaganda coming from all directions had a profound psychological and psychoanalytic impact on them, redefining their identity and who they were, as well as what they thought of the world around them. Nazi propaganda often had a deep symbolic meaning usually associated with anti-Semitism and German nationalism; these elements were already present in the minds of the majority of Germans, so it was not difficult for Adolf Hitler and the rest of the Nazi party to further provoke and To infuriate people's emotions regarding these things, they simply had to tap into these predisposed emotions in a way which would have had the most favorable psychological impact for the Nazis. Some of the opinions and mentality of German citizens may have been present even before the Nazis came to power and made it seem like they were brainwashing people with their propaganda, but with what justification can it be said that Nazi propaganda had a psychological and psychoanalytic meaning? impact on the German population to a large extent, rather than being the work of people's preset psychological mental states due to the Treaty of Versailles, the Great Depression, hyperinflation and other sources that may have led the German population to support ideologies anti-Semitic and nationalistic. The process began when the Nazis established the “Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda” on March 11, 1933, with Joseph Goebbels being sworn in as head of the ministry on March 13. The sole purpose of this institution was to represent... middle of paper... the original pain (or some other sensory experience), which replaced and now represents the traumatic experience that occurred at the same time as the original one. Pain." When you connect this with the Nazis and the German population during the Third Reich, it is safe to assume that the "traumatic experience" among the Germans was the Great Depression and Hyperinflation which put them through a financial struggle and economic, as well as the Treaty of Versailles which humiliated them and questioned their identity, which inevitably instigated hatred towards the other powers responsible for drafting the Treaty. This consequently turned into a “hysterical symptom”. which raged among the majority of people and was used by the Nazis to their advantage because they drew on pre-existing symbols and maximized the effect their propaganda had on the people..