Changing Representations of Nazism in Post-War Popular Culture

Master's Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, University of Duisburg-Essen (Department of Anglophone Studies), language: English, abstract: Representations of Nazism and the general setting of movies, series and comic books in Germany during the time of World War II have been incredibly popular ever since the war ended. Since the American film industry has always been regarded as one of the great pioneers concerning film and popular culture, this paper focuses mainly on the American view of Nazism in movies and how its evaluation has changed over time.