At the insistence of nazi germanys minister of propaganda, joseph goebbels, the film was directed by fritz hippler with a screenplay credited to eberhard. A historical speech given by adolf hitler, telling the world what he was doing. Each city where the film played had its own posters. Fritz hippler, the president of the reich film chamber, directed this film with input from german minister of propaganda joseph goebbels. Filmed in poland and germany, with library footage from many sources, including the united states. The eternal jew, ein filmbeitrag zum problem des weltjudentums. In the altenkirchen district of betzdorf, the film was described as a documentary film about world jewry. 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. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Sotto insistenza del ministro della propaganda del terzo reich, joseph goebbels, il film venne diretto da fritz hippler. Joseph goebbels unequaled monument to antisemitism stig hornsh. At the insistence of nazi germany s minister of propaganda, joseph goebbels, the film was directed by fritz hippler.
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. A pseudodocumentary, it included scenes of jews shot in the warsaw and lodz ghettos by propaganda company crews attached. With curt bois, charles chaplin, albert einstein, adolf hitler.
International dictionary of films and filmmakers dictionary. Sotto insistenza del ministro della propaganda del terzo reich, joseph goebbels, il film venne. 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. Hippler, after reading law and sociology at heidelberg, entered the german propaganda ministry, specializing in military films such as westwall, feldzug in polen, and sieg im westen. Suspect shot after a police chase and trying to carjack a vehicle.
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. Under the guise of a brutally honest documentary, this malevolent propaganda film. By the way, for those who do not know, the ideal of concentration camps was an idea given to hitler by the u. The eternal jew is a 1940 german nazi antisemitic propaganda film, presented as a documentary.
Aug 01, 2014 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. This pseudohistorical documentary, directed by fitz hippler, was released two months after the. Street scenes are shown prejudicially, along with clips from jewish cinema of the day and photos of jewish celebrities, while the narrator explains the jewish problem. This pseudohistorical documentary, directed by fitz hippler, was released two months after the pseudo. Poster showing caricature of orthodox jew holding whip, gold coins, and map of soviet union. Filmed in poland and germany, with library footage from many. The jews of poland invaded by germany in 1939 are depicted as filthy, evil, corrupt, and intent on world domination. As part of its heightened wartime attack on jews, the ministry of propaganda turned to motion pictures as a medium for antisemitic messages.