Cinema and the Swastika

Introduction Europe's New Hollywood? The German Film Industry Under Nazi Rule, 1933-1945; D.Welch& R.Vande Winkel 'European Cinema for Europe!' The International Film Chamber, 1935-42; B.G.Martin German Attempts to Penetrate the Spanish-speaking Film Markets, 1936-1942; L.Jarvinen& F.Peredo-Castro Between Resistance and Collaboration: Austrian Cinema and Nazism Before and During the Annexation, 1933-45; R.von Dassanowsky German Influence on Belgian Cinema, 1933-45: from Low-Profile Presence to Downright Colonisation; R.Vande Winkel Nazi Film Politics in Brazil, 1933-42; L.Nazario The Influence of German Cinema on Newly Established Croatian Cinematography, 1941-45; D.Rafaelic A Dangerous Neighbourhood: German Cinema in the Czechoslovak Region, 1933-45; I.Klimes The Attempted Nazification of French Cinema, 1934-44; B.Bowles Cinema Goes to War: the German Film Policy in Greece during the Occupation, 1941-44; E.Sifaki 'Competitor or Compatriot? Hungarian Film in the Shadow of the Swastika', 1933-44; D.S.Frey A War Within the War: Italy, Film, Propaganda and the Quest for Cultural Hegemony in Europe (1933-43); A.A.Kallis Celluloid Competition: German-Japanese Film Relations, 1929-45; J.Hansen From Dawn to Young Eagles : The (Failed) Attempt of Germanisation and Nazification of Luxembourg Through Cinema, 1933-1944; P.Lesch Dutch-German Film Relations Under German Pressure and Nazi Occupation, 1933-45; I.Schiweck From Will to Reality - Norwegian Film During the Nazi Occupation, 1940-45; B.Sorenssen Brown-Red Shadows: The Influence of Third Reich and Soviet Cinema on Afrikaans Film; K.Tomaselli& M.Eckardt Film and Politics in South-East Europe: Germany as 'leading cultural nation'; T.Kirk German Films on the Spanish Market Before, During and After the Civil War; M.A. Paz& J.Montero Swedish Film and Germany, 1933-45; R.Wright Film Propaganda and the Balance between Neutrality and Alignment: Nazi Films in Switzerland, 1933-45; G.Haver 'A thin stream issuing

ROEL VANDE WINKEL is Assistant Professor at the University of Antwerp and Lecturer at the Sint-Lukas University College of Art and Design in Brussels. He is Book Review Editor for the Historical Journal of Radio and Television and has published on war and propaganda, historical films, newsreels and audiovisual archives. DAVID WELCH is Professor of Modern History and Director of the Centre for the Study of Propaganda and War at the University of Kent. His books include Modern European History, 1871-2000 (1999), Hitler: Profile of a Dictator (2001), The Third Reich: Politics and Propaganda (2002) and Propaganda and the German Cinema, 1933-45 (2001, 2006). He is co-author of Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to Present (2003) and is the general editor of Routledge's Sources in History series.

Winner of the 2007 Willy Haas Award for books on German cinema.  For more information see the prize website: http://www.wgfilmtv.ugent.be/willyhaas_award_ENG.htm   'A revelatory book which transforms our sense of German and European film history' - Katie Trumpener, Yale University, USA     'The crude and moralising conceptualisation of film propaganda that devalues the academic validity of so many works on Nazi film propaganda is absent. The concise contributions, providing dense and comprehensible information, form outstanding introductory texts. Detailed footnotes and references lead to further, deeper research results.' - Martin Loiperdinger, H-Soz-u-Kult   'Cinema and the Swastika was rightfully awarded the Willy Haas Award for outstanding publication on German cinema at Cinefest 2007 in Hamburg. The contributions are stimulating, informative, and jargon-free. This book belongs in the reference collection of anyone engaged in the study of German politics, culture or film history from 1933 until 1945.' - Horst Claus, Filmblatt'The chapters address the complex issues that surround the international dimension of Third Reich Cinema and thus reinvigorate academic discourses dealing with this controversial era. Strongly recommended.'- Tobias Hochscherf, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 'This innovative collection on the Third Reich should trigger new research. The essays are extremely informative, raising new issues about cultural imperialism and consumerism during the National Socialist era. Each essay is a precise, informative piece about the chosen country or region, introducing, indeed for the first time, film industries usually left out of Third Reich cinema studies.' - Christelle Le Faucheur, H-Net  'The papers collected in this volume offer new and diverse material invaluable as a resource to film students and historians alike, as well as being a fascinating companion to the