Uncovered: new evidence of Jewish movie moguls’ extensive collaboration with Nazis in the 1930s
ALL THIS HORRIBLE NEWS MAKES ONE REVERE BEN HECHT ALL THE MORE. A HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITER KNOWN AS THE “SHAKESPEARE OF HOLLYWOOD” TOILED ENDLESSLY TO EXPOSE THE NAZI AGENDA AND LATER TO PROMOTE ZIONISM AND ISRAEL….RSK
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Adolf Hitler loved American movies. Every night at about 9:00, after the Führer had tired out his listeners with his hours-long monologues, he would lead his dinner guests to his private screening room. The lights would go down, and Hitler would fall silent, probably for the first time that day. He laughed heartily at his favorites Laurel and Hardy and Mickey Mouse, and he adored Greta Garbo: Camille brought tears to the Führer’s eyes. Tarzan, on the other hand, he thought was silly.
As it turns out, Hitler’s love for American movies was reciprocated by Hollywood. A forthcoming book by the young historian Ben Urwand, to be published by Harvard University Press in October, presents explosive new evidence about the shocking extent of the partnership between the Nazis and major Hollywood producers. Urwand, a former indie rock musician and currently a member of Harvard’s prestigious Society of Fellows, takes the subject personally: His parents were Jewish refugees from Egypt and Hungary. Digging through archives in Berlin and Washington, D.C., he has unearthed proof that Hollywood worked together with the Nazis much more closely than we ever imagined.