Abstract/Details

The image of the Jew under National Socialism: Anti-Semitic film propaganda, 1939–41

Kaufeld, Stacy F.   University of Calgary (Canada) ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2006. MR13572.

Abstract (summary)

This thesis is concerned with anti-Semitic film propaganda during the Third Reich. In particular, I examine the contradictory representation of the Jews in four films produced between 1939 and 1941. I analyze the Jews as a racial and economic threat to the stability of the Volksgemeinschaft (national racial community). I am particularly concerned with differentiating between the Nazi image of the assimilated Western Jew and the stereotypical Ostjude (Eastern Jews). I take an interdisciplinary approach that not only considers the films' ideological and propagandistic content, but how the films were constructed in an effort to strengthen the anti-Semitism. Furthermore, employing interdisciplinary methodology allows me to examine how the National Socialists exploited the Jews as the scapegoat for all of Germany's ills. In doing so, the Nazis were able to establish a growing mentality of hate towards the Jewish population that ultimately led to the Holocaust.

Indexing (details)


Subject
European history;
Motion pictures;
Film studies
Classification
0335: European history
0900: Film studies
Identifier / keyword
Communication and the arts; Social sciences
Title
The image of the Jew under National Socialism: Anti-Semitic film propaganda, 1939–41
Author
Kaufeld, Stacy F.
Number of pages
166
Degree date
2006
School code
0026
Source
MAI 44/05M, Masters Abstracts International
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Country of publication
United States
ISBN
978-0-494-13572-3
University/institution
University of Calgary (Canada)
University location
Canada -- Alberta, CA
Degree
M.A.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
MR13572
ProQuest document ID
305345510
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/305345510/abstract