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Ohm Krüger's Travels: A Case Study in the Export of Third-Reich Film Propaganda

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The Nazi propaganda film Ohm Krüger (Uncle Krüger, 1941) utilized former South African statesman Paul Kruger and his role in the Boer War to promote a virulently anti-British message. By analyzing the international career of Ohm Krüger, this article reassesses the propaganda value traditionally ascribed to the film in an attempt to encourage further research on the exportation of Third-Reich cinema. The parallels between the British invasion and occupation of Boer land, as represented in the film, and the Nazis' invasion and occupation of European countries were so striking that Ohm Krüger was exported almost exclusively to nations allied with Germany while being withheld from occupied territories. The one notable exception was France, which had a long tradition of anti-British sentiment.
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Nazi propaganda, cinema, Second World War, film, politics, Joseph Goebbels, Paul Krueger, Boer War, South Africa, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Emil Jannings, Ohm Kruger (Uncle Kruger), Hans Steinhoff

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Vande Winkel, Roel. “Ohm Krüger’s Travels: A Case Study in the Export of Third-Reich Film Propaganda.” Historical Reflections - Reflexions Historiques, edited by Brett Bowles, vol. 35, no. 2, Berghahn, 2009, pp. 108–24, doi:10.3167/hrrh2009.350207.
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Vande Winkel, R. (2009). Ohm Krüger’s Travels: A Case Study in the Export of Third-Reich Film Propaganda. Historical Reflections - Reflexions Historiques, 35(2), 108–124. https://doi.org/10.3167/hrrh2009.350207
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Vande Winkel, Roel. 2009. “Ohm Krüger’s Travels: A Case Study in the Export of Third-Reich Film Propaganda.” Edited by Brett Bowles. Historical Reflections - Reflexions Historiques 35 (2): 108–24. https://doi.org/10.3167/hrrh2009.350207.
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Vande Winkel, Roel. 2009. “Ohm Krüger’s Travels: A Case Study in the Export of Third-Reich Film Propaganda.” Ed by. Brett Bowles. Historical Reflections - Reflexions Historiques 35 (2): 108–124. doi:10.3167/hrrh2009.350207.
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Vande Winkel R. Ohm Krüger’s Travels: A Case Study in the Export of Third-Reich Film Propaganda. Bowles B, editor. Historical Reflections - Reflexions Historiques. 2009;35(2):108–24.
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R. Vande Winkel, “Ohm Krüger’s Travels: A Case Study in the Export of Third-Reich Film Propaganda,” Historical Reflections - Reflexions Historiques, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 108–124, 2009.
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