... Jews. Riefenstahl's cinematographic skills strengthen a sense of unity. Riefenstahl achieves the notion of national and social unity in his film; thematically the large procession sequences confirm the notion that Nazi Germany is a marching, massed line of men. Additionally, one of the Riefenstahl's most unrelenting and successful motifs is the ocean of flags which symbolizes uniformity of the landscape whereas ... film exalted Nazism by portraying it as a movement which promoted German unity. Further, the film is deliberately free of any reference to the vices which we currently assoc...

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... to the rise of extremism. Some of the worst atrocities that have occurred over the last one hundred years were responsible due to nationalism. Nazi Germany is one of the most famous examples of extreme nationalism and was one of its core concepts in Nazism. The Nazis used nationalism ... created leading up to world war two was the main reason for many people joining Adolf Hitler's "Nazi Party." Hitler also manipulated the German people into following his ideological beliefs through the use of profound propaganda. At the time Germany was in a tough economic situation and many people were l...

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... not seen by governments and the spokesmen and activists of nationalist movements, but by the ordinary persons who are the objects of their action and propaganda. Are we as people of the state subject to the propaganda of the nation? I believe this to be the case, we are influenced that as a people we belong to a certain nation. The most striking example of ... this was Hitler's Nazi German whose propaganda built up the Aryan race as the German nation and excluded the German Jews as not being part of the German nation. This contradicts the definition of Hobsbawm's nation as ... ...

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... , ethnicity, and history. Nations have also been based on certain ethics and race, which is apparent when discussing Nazi Germany. During that time there was a great deal of German national pride that can be depicted negatively and a taboo. The most fundamental aspects of propaganda were introduced such as the placement of the German flag on everything in order to promote exclusive German ... ...

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... Germany, still recovering from the atrocities of the First World War, were quickly trying to restore their national prestige. Many Europeans were beginning to find themselves engulfed in a whirlwind of propaganda produced by national leadership. This had a significant impact on the economy, in that the industrial strength of nations was rapidly growing, and producing new military products that the world had ... and learn not to make the same mistakes in the future. To find an example of ultra-nationalism, one need look no further than the fascist state of Italy and Nazi Germany. Adolf H...

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... grenade splinters) to warrant sending him home. This combination of awareness and honesty would render Remarque both praised by many for his literary genius and despised by the ultra-Nationalist Nazi regime - the latter held book burnings of All Quiet on the Western Front after exiling Remarque to Switzerland. Before it is possible to delve into the aforementioned themes of the ... to fight. Paul relates to the reader that even the German parents were quick to use the word "coward- if their children refused to join the infantry. Likewise, the rigorous propaganda and training created mac...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate