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Screenshot from Hitler and the Occult; intended for identification and critical commentary on the film in Nazi occultism.

During this scene, the narrator says: "Occultist believe, Hanussen may also have imparted occult techniques of mind control and crowd domination [on Hitler]. The brutal truth may be that the crowd simply liked what Hitler was saying." Hitler's speech is not translated.

[edit] Use rationale

The article Nazi occultism features a quote from Mattias Gardell 2003, Gods of the Blood:

"In documentaries portraying the Third Reich, Hitler is cast as a master magician; these documentaries typically include scenes in which Hitler is speaking at huge mass meetings. [...] Cuts mix Hitler screaming with regiments marching under the sign of the swastika. Instead of providing a translation of his verbal crescendos, the sequence is overlaid with a speaker talking about something different. All this combines to demonize Hitler as an evil wizard spellbinding an unwitting German people to become his zombified servants until they are liberated from the spell by the Allied victory after which, suddenly, there were no German Nazis left among the populace. How convenient it would be if this image were correct. National socialism could be defeated with garlic. Watchdog groups could be replaced with a few vampire killers, and resources being directed into antiracist community programs could be directed at something else." (p. 331)

This approach of this and similar documentaries towards Nazi occultism is exactly what Gardell criticises.

I think, this qualifies as critical commentary on the film. Zara1709 17:25, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

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