Existing comment:
Soon after the takeover of power in 1933, "enemies of the Nazi state" were rounded up and sent to hastily organized concentration camps. Local and national German newspapers printed deceptive articles about the camps, such as this one on Dachau in the Nazi-owned Illustrierter Beobachter, to justify the camps' existence and refute rumors about brutalities against prisoners. In order to influence international opinion, the SS arranged carefully managed visits for foreign reporters and diplomats to demonstrate that the prisoners were "well-treated" and being "re-educated" to conform to Nazi society. |