Author: Winkel, Roel Vande

Source: Historical Reflections, Volume 35, Number 2, Summer 2009 , pp. 108-124(17)

Abstract:

The Nazi propaganda film Ohm Krüger (Uncle Krüger, 1941) utilized former South African statesman Paul Kruger and his role in the Boer War to promote a virulently anti-British message. By analyzing the international career of Ohm Krüger, this article reassesses the propaganda value traditionally ascribed to the film in an attempt to encourage further research on the exportation of Third-Reich cinema. The parallels between the British invasion and occupation of Boer land, as represented in the film, and the Nazis' invasion and occupation of European countries were so striking that Ohm Krüger was exported almost exclusively to nations allied with Germany while being withheld from occupied territories. The one notable exception was France, which had a long tradition of anti-British sentiment.

Keywords: BOER WAR; JOSEPH GOEBBELS; EMIL JANNINGS; NAZI CINEMA; OHM KRUGER (UNCLE KRUGER); HANS STEINHOFF; WORLD WAR II

DOI: 10.3167/hrrh2009.350207

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