Editing Strength Through Joy (section)

== Propaganda ==
An important propaganda tool in Nazi Germany was the radio, something that Goebbels realized and attempted to utilize. At his request, engineer [[Otto Griessing|Otto Greissing]] developed the '[[Volksempfänger|people's receiver]],' or 'people's radio' (''Volksempfänger.)'' The original model was the VE301 and exhibited in August 1933 at the cost of 76 Reichsmarks, the equivalent to two weeks' average salary at the time. A cheaper model was later produced, the DKE38 (sometimes called the ''Goebbels-Schnauze'' – "Goebbels' snout" – by the German public)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Soles |first=Marshall |title=Media, Persuasion, and Propaganda |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-7486-4417-9 |page=132}}</ref> and was used as the base of a KdF branded radio. Giving poor Germans access to this medium for the first time, it cost 35 Reichsmarks and the option of paying with an installment plan was offered.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bergerson |first=Andrew Stuart |date=2001 |title=Listening to the Radio in Hildesheim, 1923-53 |journal=German Studies Review |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=83–113|doi=10.2307/1433157 |jstor=1433157 }}</ref>

Cheaply produced, these radios suffered from a short reception range, but it was deemed acceptable as long as the radios could receive ''[[Deutschlandsender]]'' and the local ''[[Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft|Reichssender]].'' The radios were designed to be produced as cheaply as possible, and because the act of listening to non-German radio stations had become a criminal offense, it is speculated that the short reception range was a purposeful feature. Penalties ranged from fines and confiscation of radios to, particularly later in the war, sentencing to a [[concentration camp]] or [[capital punishment]].

A number of films were produced to promote KdF, usually showing workers engaging in the many activities offered by the organization. One, for example, was produced by [[UFA GmbH|UFA]] titled ''Henkel - ein deutsches Werk in seiner Arbeit,'' which showcased the improved conditions of factories. Groups were shown engaging in calisthenics, going on walks through company grounds, and checking out books from the company library.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Eley |first=Geoff |title=Citizenship and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Germany. |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-8047-5205-3 |page=158}}</ref>