{"product_id":"hitlers-third-reich-of-the-movies-and-the-aftermath-paperback","title":"Hitler's Third Reich of the Movies and the Aftermath - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRolf Giesen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"We're here to stay!\"\u003c\/em\u003e was what Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels assured, speaking to members of the German film industry in early 1933. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere were many who agreed with him like Karl Ritter who introduced Mickey Mouse to German audiences in 1930 and in 1933 began to produce propaganda films like \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHitler Youth Quex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003e\"In our cinemas we want to see nothing else than convinced National Socialists!\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a while German film export languished, but with WW2 the Nazis \"conquered\" cinemas all over Europe and flooded them with their movies, propaganda as well as allegedly \"apolitical\" entertainment. \u003cem\u003eIn the new Germany one can laugh again! \u003c\/em\u003ethe propaganda promised but it was a different way of laughing. It was gallows humor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book deals not only with Hitler's personal cinematic likes and dislikes, with the ambitions of Leni Riefenstahl, with the idyllic world of German animation, with film emigration, with anti-Semitic films, Dachau and Auschwitz. There is also a back story to tell about certain German silents like \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMetropolis \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eand why the way of Teutonic imagery didn't end with the death of the Nazi leaders in 1945, why their way of \"laughing\" is still alive on German screens...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Foreword: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is also a story about family entertainment in Nazi times, about animated films that were supposed to fulfill the Nazis' dream of creating a cartoon film industry that would rival Disney and make Europe's children happy, while the little captives of a children's barrack in Auschwitz who dreamed of Disney's Snow White, too, thanks to murals painted by a Jewish artist, ended in burning fiery furnaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRolf Giesen, a film historian, worked for 40 years writing, collecting, supervising, lecturing in Germany and abroad, particularly China. He is one of Europe's leading experts on animation and VFX. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 420\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53247619006771,"sku":"9781629336299","price":50.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/lvz3R82bna9781629336299.webp?v=1776305386","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/hitlers-third-reich-of-the-movies-and-the-aftermath-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}