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Propaganda in Nazi Feature Films, Documentaries and Television
This book exposes the myths surrounding the propaganda films produced during the Third Reich. One, that the Nazis were infallible masters in the use of film propaganda. Two, that everything the Nazis said was a lie. Three, that only the Riefenstahl documentaries are significant to the modern viewer. It reveals the truth, lies, successes and failures of key films designed to arouse hostility against the Nazis’ enemies, including Ohm Krüger - the most anti-British film ever produced; their 1943 anti-capitalist version of Titanic; anti-English films about Ireland and Scotland; and anti-American films like The Emperor of California and The Prodigal Son. Including an objective analysis of all the key films produced by the Nazi regime and a wealth of film stills, Ian C. Garden takes the reader on a journey through the Nazi propaganda machine. In today’s turbulent world the book serves as a poignant reminder of the levels to which powerful regimes will stoop to achieve power and control.
16th September, 2016 in Military, Society & Culture
23 June, 1944. Maurice Rossel – a Swiss representative of the International Red Cross – paid a visit to a special camp run by the SS in the former fortress of Theresienstadt located in the north-west of the Czech Republic. The camp was home to thousands of Jewish inmates of…
8th September, 2016 in Military
On the afternoon of 16 October 1939, around twelve German bombers arrived over the River Forth on the east coast of Scotland, dropping bombs over the famous rail bridge and almost hitting a train which was crossing the bridge at the time. Fighters were scrambled from local aerodr…
13th June, 2016 in Military
On the morning of 10 May 1940 Germany invaded Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Scarcely 24 hours later, the headlines in the German press were to condemn a terror raid by Allied planes during the afternoon of 10 May on the civilian population of the undefended German city…
