Jewish Artists – The Influence of Exiles | Arts 21
Uploaded on Nov 13, 2011
It’s well known that many Jewish scientists and artists fled Nazi Germany. Less well known is their cultural influence in the countries that took them in. A major study by the Moses Mendelssohn Center in Potsdam focuses on just that. We spoke with the Center’s Director, Julius H. Schoeps.
The buck stopped with him. http://www.WatchMojo.com learns more about the life and accomplishments of the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman.
This battle was essentially a fight between the Axis Powers and the Allied forces. In Part 3 of our series on WWII, http://www.WatchMojo.com finds out who was fighting whom during the Second World War.
This film warns that Americans will lose their country if they let themselves be turned into “suckers” by the forces of fanaticism and hatred. This thesis is rendered more powerful by the ever-present example of Nazi Germany, whose capsule history is dramatized as part of this film. There’s a great deal of good sense in this film and more than a bit of wartime populism: “Let’s not think about ‘we’ and ‘they.’ Let’s think about ‘us’!”
It’s interesting to think of this film in the light of Cold War anti-Communist politics, which really came into their own in the year this film was made. Were the witch-hunting politicians and citizens of the late Forties and early Fifties protecting the people, or were they themselves acting like “suckers?”
Producer: U.S. War Department
Sponsor: U.S. War Department
On the Japanese soldier: “He and his brother soldiers are as much alike as photographic prints off the same negative.”
Clip from an Anti-Japanese Propaganda video entitled “Know Your Enemy: Japan.” Released in 1945, the film gives an overview of Japanese social, military, and political culture, attempting to provide a rationale for America’s war with Japan. You can watch the hour long documentary in its entirety on our website:
Fossil fuels have powered human growth and ingenuity for centuries. Now that we’re reaching the end of cheap and abundant oil and coal supplies, we’re in for an exciting ride. While there’s a real risk that we’ll fall off a cliff, there’s still time to control our transition to a post-carbon future.
Tom Paxton performing “Buy A Gun For Your Son” on Pete Seeger’s “Rainbow Quest” NYC PBS TV Show in 1965.
Hallelujah, Dads and Mommies,
Cowboys, Rebels, Yanks and Commies
Buy yourselves some real red blooded fun.
If you want to make the grade,
You’ve got to have a hand grenade,
And a fully automatic G.I. Gun.
CHORUS:
Buy a gun for your son right away, Sir
Shake his hand like a man and let him play, Sir.
Let his little mind expand, Place a weapon in his hand,
For the skills he learns today will someday pay, Sir.
AFRICA
