for sane parents, that's gotta be frightening.

freedom of the press in Germany vanished with the rise of Hitler. Beginning in 1934 it was illegal to criticize the Nazi Government.

read much more here - https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-propaganda-and-censorship#:~:text=When%20the%20Nazis%20came%20to,to%20criticize%20the%20Nazi%20government.