Physical Description
vii, 203 pages ; 26 cm
Contents
Introduction
Infection (1929/1937): Weimar-era filmmaking and the disease taking root in Germany
Rage (1938/1941): as Nazi aggression spreads across Europe, voices of defiance are finally heard
Inferno (1942/1945): America enters World War II as the combatants attack each other on-screen as well as off
Final solutions (1946/1954): postwar Hollywood and Washington continue to ignore the Holocaust even as Nazi war criminals are hunted down on-screen
Airbrush (1955/1962): both Hollywood and Germany rewrite history as it condemns Nazism while praising "good Germans" in war-themed films
Meshugannah (1963/1980): mad doctors, Nazi zombies, attempts to revive Hitler, death camp perverts and Ships of fools
Ghosts (1981/2015): concentration camp children appear as next-door neighbors, we find out what it's like to be Hitler's secretary, and Nazi zombies return (with a vengeance!).
ISBN
9781476664262
1476664269
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Infection (1929/1937): Weimar-era filmmaking and the disease taking root in Germany -- Rage (1938/1941): as Nazi aggression spreads across Europe, voices of defiance are finally heard -- Inferno (1942/1945): America enters World War II as the combatants attack each other on-screen as well as off -- Final solutions (1946/1954): postwar Hollywood and Washington continue to ignore the Holocaust even as Nazi war criminals are hunted down on-screen -- Airbrush (1955/1962): both Hollywood and Germany rewrite history as it condemns Nazism while praising "good Germans" in war-themed films -- Meshugannah (1963/1980): mad doctors, Nazi zombies, attempts to revive Hitler, death camp perverts and Ships of fools -- Ghosts (1981/2015): concentration camp children appear as next-door neighbors, we find out what it's like to be Hitler's secretary, and Nazi zombies return (with a vengeance!).
Additional Form
Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM
