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How Hollywood handled Nazism in the lead up to World War II
Depictions of Nazis and Nazism are rampant in today’s Hollywood. Think “Schindler’s List” and “Inglourious Basterds,” to name just two films. But that wasn’t always the case. Between 1933 and 1939, representations of the Nazis were few and far between in Hollywood, growing only as the decade wore on.
In the book, “Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939,” cultural historian and author Thomas Doherty looks back at the films that Americans saw on the silver screen during that period of time.
Guest:
Thomas Doherty, author of “Hollywood and Hitler: 1933 - 1939” (Columbia University Press, 2013); Professor, American Studies, Brandeis University