On October 4, 1933, Germany’s Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels introduced the Nazi’s new Schriftleitergesetz (Editor’s Law) with the words: “I have the natural intention to be and to remain the warm-hearted protector of the German press.”

From that day, the nation’s media had to sign a contract agreeing never to publish anything “calculated to weaken the strength of the Reich abroad or at home.”

The decision on what was appropriate was taken away from journalists and their editors and made the sole responsibility of Hitler’s Ministry of Propaganda.

All journalists were required to sign up on a professional register and complete a training course, which included a final exam.

The most sinister requirement was that only people with an “Aryan certificate” were allowed to continue in t

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