Antisemitism in Film Comedy in Nazi Germany

How party propagandists worked behind the scenes to create unspoken racist messages in the German culture—even in the most lighthearted of movies.

Today many Germans look back fondly on 1930s film comedies, viewing them as a part of the Nazi era that was not tainted with antisemitism. Here, Valerie Weinstein scrutinizes these comic productions and demonstrates that film comedy, despite its innocent appearance, was a critical component in the effort to separate "Jews" from "Germans" physic...