The rise and fall of Nazi Germany in part through the use of classical allegory.The rise and fall of Nazi Germany in part through the use of classical allegory.The rise and fall of Nazi Germany in part through the use of classical allegory.
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evil comes in the form of people
Louis Stoumen's Academy Award-winning "Black Fox: The True Story of Adolf Hitler" looks at the life of the man whose name is synonymous with evil. It consists of footage and photographs from the Fuhrer's birth to the Nuremberg trials. Probably the main things to take from it are that the reparations imposed on Germany undeniably created the conditions that led to Hitler's rise to power, and his crimes against humanity couldn't have happened without the complicity of individuals. The scene where US and Soviet troops meet in Germany calls to mind that two years later, the WWII-era superpowers became enemies. The war known as a good war gave way to an undeclared war that unleashed horrendous crimes by both sides.
Seeing Hitler's methods, it's hard not to see a parallel with the current crop of demagogues. A certain orange man is the obvious one, but Europe now has a new set of them (the UK's Nigel Farage, Hungary's Viktor Orban, and others). How long before another global war breaks out?
Marlene Dietrich narrates the documentary. She's an unusual choice to narrate, but the story remains the important part. The world had seen genocides before Hitler's actions and there have been genocides since. Can the human race ever stop doing this?
Seeing Hitler's methods, it's hard not to see a parallel with the current crop of demagogues. A certain orange man is the obvious one, but Europe now has a new set of them (the UK's Nigel Farage, Hungary's Viktor Orban, and others). How long before another global war breaks out?
Marlene Dietrich narrates the documentary. She's an unusual choice to narrate, but the story remains the important part. The world had seen genocides before Hitler's actions and there have been genocides since. Can the human race ever stop doing this?
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- lee_eisenberg
- Apr 30, 2018
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By what name was Black Fox: The True Story of Adolf Hitler (1962) officially released in Canada in English?
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