I never knew that Disney did anything like this.

Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi was released when Disney was under government contract to produce 32 animated shorts from 1941 to 1945. In 1940, Walt Disney spent four times his budget on the feature film Fantasia (1940) which suffered from low box office turnout. Nearing bankruptcy and with half of his employees on strike, Walt Disney was forced to look for a solution to bring money into the studio. The studio's close proximity to the military aircraft manufacturer, Lockheed, helped foster a U.S. government contract for 32 short propaganda films at $4,500 each. This saved the company from bankruptcy and allowed them to keep their employees on payroll.[4]

The dialogue of the characters is in German, neither subtitled nor directly translated by Art Smith's lone English language narration. A voice track of Adolf Hitler in full demagogic rant is used in a torchlight rally scene. A sequence follows in which Hans becomes a German soldier along with other Hitler Youth.

Intended as anti-Nazi propaganda during World War II, the film is rarely shown today, but it is featured on the DVD Walt Disney Treasures: On the Front Lines, a compilation of Disney's wartime shorts released on May 18, 2004.

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I was surprised that Disney did that. I did not know they had.

Disney and other studios (Warner Bros/Looney Tunes) made training films and poster art to support the war effort. They also made, well, propaganda short movies like this and Der Fuhrer's Face.

Only later did the Teutonic Cult take hold. At first, he was utterly Trumpish -- an awkward, jealous, unstable grasper at whatever popular meme would bring him more power.

Hence the very close relationship between very reactionary corporate elements and such characters.

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen.

"lies across america" is a good one, too. about how deceptive most historical markers are.

Trump will no doubt start another uncalled for big war, as do all Republican presidents, in order to rally the population around supporting the troops (or you are unpatriotic), and to take the limelight off of his domestic policies of destruction and failures of bringing back all the industrial jobs that China and robots have taken. Also to hand no-bid contracts to Trump Inc. for his sons to work on..wink wink.

I can even picture Donald in a military uniform strutting around with gold medals and other bobbles hanging from it and defending it by saying that the "commander in chief" should look like one.