
Part One: How Hollywood Helped The Nazis
Behind the Bastards
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Erland's Collaboration With the Nazis Was Unique in Novel
In 1932 the Germans introduced Article 15 into their legal code which stated that all permits to a film producer can be stopped if they distribute anywhere in the world a movie that is detrimental to German prestige. The main argument is whether or not it was a collaboration where the studios were actually working with the Nazis or if it was just normal censorship. I'm going to let you, the listener, make your own mind up on that. What no one doubts is that during the time the Nazis were in power up until World War II started references to Nazis and references to Jewish people were severely curtailed in movies.
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