The fellow playing the mandolin at 0:47, I think he was making up that song on the fly. However, it DID have a nice beat to it and I found it was easy to dance to. On the rate-a-record, I would give it a 4 out of a possible 5. I wouldn't buy the album, but if it came out on 45 I would buy it and put it in the selection for my pool parties.
I remember at my college in the early 90s suburban CT an unusual collection in the library record section. It was an extensive collection of Nazi war/marching and patriotic songs on 78s and LPs.
The grinning goon and his barely veiled threats to send those who 'are playing out of tune' to 'concert' camps was sinister indeed. Today we see similar tight media control in Russia, China, Iran et al. Cheers for the clip. Respect from Ireland.
The murderers had their own tv channel, or they took over all the channels. Sadly they were educated and modern people. Very very disturbing.The guitar nazi omg! The second lady has to be related to trump they look alike .
I remember when it was first broadcast in early 1981, the Radio Times had a special behind the scenes feature on some new state of the art special lightweight video cameras being exclusively used to film the series.
Yes. The announcer talking about "concert camps" would be weird for us today, but once Hitler ascended to power in 1933 the Germans themselves saw the establishment of concentration camps and were in favor of them as they believed that the Nazis were bringing law and order, as well as cracking down on the then feared communists and other social outsiders. The camps, especially before the war, were to take a more educational tone with the idea that inmates could be "rehabilitated" through labor (among other things) and returned to the body politic. Of course, there were numerous abuses and horrific things would happen inside the walls of the camps, like the numerous reports of prisoners being shot in the press, but the excuses would often be that they were fighting a guard, or trying to escape. Either way, the populace at large, be they party members or not, seem to have supported the camps. If you want to learn more about this, Robert Galletley's Backing Hitler: Coercion and Consent in Nazi Germany, is a tremendous resource on how the Nazis quickly gained the population's overall compliance and willing support. There are a lot of heartbreaking stuff in the book, as Hitler and his band of merry idiots were the worst of the worst, but it is a worthy read for anyone looking to become more informed on the role of the citizenry in carrying out Hitler's bad, terrible, not very good vision.
I find this very creepy, even disturbing, but fascinating. I watched the documentary ('Television under the Swastika') last night on "Kanopy", a free streaming service available (US) using your local public library card. Came here for the comments.
"keep your knickers on till i get to your cabin" LOL i remember people complaining about that line at the time because it was broadcast before the 9pm watershed and children were watching.
There are 3 things that are interesting to me about the genesis of television by the Nazi regime. 1) Television was the jurisdiction of the German postal system - video mail (the propagandized kind) could be delivered right inside your home. 2) Unlike US television, the Nazis openly disclosed that they were using propaganda in their programs. 3) the son of propaganda, Joseph Goebbles (the father being Edward Louis Bernays), dictated the flow of information coming out of each tv set- yet he absolutely hated seeing himself on television.
