Once the Nazi movement had taken control of German state apparatus, the mechanisms for disseminating the exemplary martyr in society may have changed, but not the specifics of the propaganda strategy itself.

Jesús Casquete is Professor of History of Political Thought at the University of the Basque Country, Spain, and fellow at the Center for Research on Antisemitism (ZfA) in Berlin. His fields of research include social movements, political violence and twentieth-century German history.

1. Totalitarianism and the new man 2. "A healthy fist and love for the fatherland in the heart": Nazi stormtroopers 3. The Nazi Martyrdom Frame 4. Conclusion