The minister responsible, Joseph Goebbels, had in mind a concatenation of national, folk and traditional festivals:The festivals, too, which this government celebrates with the people, have a deeper meaning. These are not festivals organized by the government at the expense of the people. Quite the contrary, they are festivals in which the government no longer stand in opposition to each other but that government and people have become one.Schlösser was a proponent of the Thingspiele and, as Reichsdramaturg, much involved with the idea and its realization, which he described, in a 1934 speech, as "a longing for a drama that intensifies historical events to create a mythical, universal, unambiguous reality beyond reality". He added that "..only someone who understands this longing will be able to create the cultic popular drama of the future." Any subject might be suitable for a Thingspiel, so long as "placed in the context of the Nordic concept" and "moved into the light of our genuine and just myth of blood and honour."
