CAUTION: Contains graphic war footage
“Your Job In Germany” is a short film made for the United States War Department in 1945. It was intended to be shown to U.S. soldiers about to occupy Germany. The film was made by the military films unit commanded by Frank Capra, and was written by Theodor Geisel, who is better known by his pen name Dr. Seuss.
The film urged against fraternization with the German people, who are portrayed as thoroughly untrustworthy. It reminds its viewers of Germany’s history of aggression, under “Führer Number 1” Otto von Bismarck, “Führer Number 2” Kaiser Wilhelm II and “Führer Number 3” Adolf Hitler. It argues that German youth were especially dangerous because they had spent their entire lives under the Nazi regime.
An edited and rewritten version of the film, Hitler Lives, was released commercially the same year, and won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject.
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I can’t help noting that this goes a long way toward explaining how we managed to lose Iraq after we won the war.
As an aside, I wonder how many Americans have found that their job literally has moved to Germany, giving a new twist to the documentary’s title.
Actually my job moved to China.
I can’t help noting that this goes a long way toward explaining how we managed to lose Iraq after we won the war.
As someone who may have played a small part in the original Desert Storm, I feel obliged to add “Twice.”.
Odd how both times we had a Democrat in the White House.