If you like my work and want to support the channel, consider subscribing to my Patreon for more, exclusive content! patreon.com/GermanWWIIArchive Or buy me a Kaffee here: www.buymeacoffee.com/germanwwiiarchive Remarks: 00:43 This is referring to another Tran and Helle episode, where Tran is asking Helle if he knew how to listen to foreign radio, which was banned during the war. These shorts often contained references to prior issues. 01:22 “The enemy is listening” was the title of a propaganda campaign in Nazi Germany, urging people to not talk about military movements and industry secrets etc. in public. It was, however, often sarcastically used by people to not talk about their own political views, as the “enemy” in this case refers to Gestapo agents or other pro-nazi people, who might report anti-nazi talk to the authorities. 01:35 Jupp refers to Jupp Hessel, the real name of the actor portraying Helle. 02:36 This is referring to a wide range of laws and regulations that were enacted when WWII broke out, and severely restricted civilian life, and especially introduced food rationing, something that Tran complained about in several other episodes. 02:47 This is referring to a rule that was introduced somewhere in early 1940 to force people to watch the propaganda newsreels: Up until then, people would “accidentally” arrive 20 minutes later to a movie to not have to watch the propaganda newsreels; in order to force people to watch it, cinemas were ordered to close the doors to the movie after the German Newsweek started, essentially forcing people to watch it. 03:16 Tran calls this woman “Pünktchen”, which is the diminutive of Punkt (dot), and used to be a nickname sometimes given to females, although not in modern German. 04:05 The actor playing Tran, Ludwig Schmitz, was actually 56 during the filming of this, being born on 28th January 1884.
Very well done--Thank you! Reference to "Newsweek" would be the German newsreel "Die Deutsche Wochenschau" which would be screened before the main film and other features at the Cinema.
They did that wih the NO-DO in Spain too. My parents said that they used to sing "Cara al Sol" and/ or do the Roman salute before the actual movie starts.
Let’s get this straight, Helle is saying that Tran acting angrily to getting his chances blown with a girl is a good reason to not allow freedom of speech? I’m going to try that next time, wish me luck 😂
Yeah he’s basically saying that what the government does is so important, and I guess implying that it only acts in the best national interest, that you should not concern yourself with the truth and should only repeat official government lines, in the same way that you would lie for your own self interest like when trying to get a date with a young woman I read back over this cause I felt like I was exaggerating but I think that’s pretty much it. Fascist propaganda definitely didn’t utilize subtlety
I'm not sure, I'm not a lawyer, but I think that's It's what is called a "spoil of war," I think that's the term. So it's "fair use" at the very least, and more than likely considered to be "Public Domain." All the Best! 73 DE W8LV BILL
Ironic that Halle basically says "let government do it's thing so that you can do your own thing" in 1940s Germany 😂 With deteriorating Fuhrer, Germany entering total war, and they start to feel the downsides of war, they're the one who talks about freedom of speech? 😂😂😂
