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I did see some German newspapers and had them explained to me by a German who lived through that time, but it was a long time ago so I am going on sketchy memory. I think that they were not too different than they are here now. It is only on the major political issues that the party line needs to be adhered to for propaganda to succeed. The Nazis always had their own papers, but the influence over the rest of the press was gradual as Nazis infiltrated the media and harassed dissenting writers and papers. Slowly but surely, independent sources of news were eliminated, contact with foreign press was severed, and control over the information flow was centralized and manipulated. I don't see it as much different than what we have now here. Unlike in the Soviet Union where the press was nationalized and totally controlled, the Nazis used a similar method to what we are up against here - gradual control over information by a variety of techniques and methods.

It is a great question, and I hope that someone more knowledgeable can contribute to this thread.