Hans diebow was published by the nazi party central publishing house, franz eher nachfolger gmbh in munich in 1938. The eternal jew is the first film that not only gives a full picture of jewry, but provides a. Unlike the horrifically antisemitic 1940 nazi propaganda film, lothar mendes adaptation of lion feuchtwangers book offers a fairly sympathetic depiction of a jew conrad veidt who seeks. Under the guise of a brutally honest documentary, this malevolent propaganda film aims to be an indispensable tool in the hands of the aryan race, designed to depict the true jew when the masks of western civilisation fall off. A historical speech given by adolf hitler, telling the world what he was doing. In the altenkirchen district of betzdorf, the film was described as a. By the way, for those who do not know, the ideal of concentration camps was an idea given to hitler by the u.
The reason why this movie was made, was to prepare the german nation for the imminent transport of the jews out of germany so hitler says literally in his speech at the end of the movie. If international jewish financiers inside and outside europe should succeed in plunging the nations once more into a world war, then the result will not be thevictory of jewry but the annihilation of the jewish race in europe. Offered here is a very nice original copy of the 834 x 1112 inch, 8page movie programme of the 1940 antisemitic movie by fritz hippler. This pseudohistorical documentary, directed by fitz hippler, was released two months after the. Filmed in poland and germany, with library footage from many. Full online access to this resource is only available at the library of congress. The clothes they wore, facial and racial characteristics. Aug 01, 2014 a historical speech given by adolf hitler, telling the world what he was doing. This pseudohistorical documentary, directed by fitz hippler, was released two months after the pseudo.
A pseudodocumentary, it included scenes of jews shot in the warsaw and lodz ghettos by propaganda company crews attached. Hans diebow as published by the nazi party central publishing house, franz eher nachfolger gmbh in munchenberlin in 1937. Photographs featured in the exhibit identified typical jewish features. With curt bois, charles chaplin, albert einstein, adolf hitler. The reason why this movie was made, was to prepare the german nation for the imminent transport of the jews out of germany so hitler. At the insistence of nazi germanys minister of propaganda, joseph goebbels, the film was directed by fritz hippler. The eternal jew 1940 is an antisemitic german nazi propaganda film, presented as a documentary. The former pages history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted so long as the latter page exists. Each city where the film played had its own posters. I have just modified 6 external links on the eternal jew 1940 film. Fritz hippler, the president of the reich film chamber, directed this film with input from german minister of propaganda joseph goebbels. In this harsh propaganda film, authentic footage of the polish ghettos, feature film and archival excerpts have been edited into a highly biased message, comparing jews to rats. All the other footage consisted of stills and archive film clips.
The eternal jew 1940 film directed by fritz hippler. This is my first time researching the actual propaganda used for the mass manipulation translated into english so i can. Josep h goebbels unequale d monumen t t o antisemitism, historical journal of film radio and television 12. Suspect shot after a police chase and trying to carjack a vehicle. Filmed in poland and germany, with library footage from many sources, including the united states. In the altenkirchen district of betzdorf, the film was described as a documentary film about world jewry. The actual displays, with photographs and caricatures, focused on antisemitic canards in presenting the jewish attempts at bolshevising nazi germany.
Two different versions of the film were made, the original version, and a toned down one without the gory scenes of ritual slaughtering. Text andor other creative content from this version of the eternal jew 1940 film was copied or moved into the eternal jew 1934 film with this edit. The eternal jew is a 1940 antisemitic nazi propaganda film, presented as a documentary. International dictionary of films and filmmakers dictionary. Vom spitzenbeamten zur politischen reizfigur hansgeorg maa. Hippler, after reading law and sociology at heidelberg, entered the german propaganda ministry, specializing in military films such as westwall, feldzug in polen. This speech was studied and discussed in my historical ethics course to fully understand what was the motivation behind some of my country.