The Chilling History Of How Hollywood Helped Hitler (Exclusive) -- The Hollywood Reporter
In devastating detail, an excerpt from a controversial new book reveals how the big studios, desperate to protect German business, let Nazis censor scripts, remove credits from Jews, get movies stopped and even force one MGM executive to divorce his Jewish wife.
This story first appeared in the Aug. 9 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
The 1930s are celebrated as one of Hollywood's golden ages, but in an exclusive excerpt from his controversial new book, The Collaboration: Hollywood's Pact with Hitler (Harvard University Press, on sale Sept. 9), Harvard post-doctoral fellow Ben Urwand uncovers a darker side to Hollywood's past.
Drawing on a wealth of archival documents in the U.S. and Germany, he reveals the shocking extent to which Hollywood cooperated and collaborated with the Nazis during the decade leading up to World War II to protect its business.
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How Hollywood bowed to the wishes of Hitler: 1930s studio bosses censored and dropped films at the requests of Nazis - and one MGM exec even agreed to divorce his Jewish wife -- Daily Mail
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Speed Read: The Craziest Bits From 'How Hitler Helped Hollywood' -- Daily Beast
4 ways Hollywood helped the Nazis -- The Week
Does 'The Collaboration' Overstate Hollywood's Cooperation With Hitler? -- Hollywood Reporter
My Comment: Sadly .... we are seeing the same game played out today with another authoritarian government.
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