# Cartoon Made in Nazi Germany

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 24, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-made-in-nazi-germany/641977 "2012-11-24T13:14:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-made-in-nazi-germany/641977/1 "2012-11-24T13:14:12Z")

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A Google search for “snowman” lead to the German cartoon _Der Schneeman_, which was made in Germany under the Third Reich, in 1944.

You can watch it [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j7_t9HPBPA). I knew the Nazis had a film industry, but it was a little surprising - and more than a little weird - to watch a sweet, funny kid’s cartoon and know what we know about when and where it was made.

Nothing more to add…just wanted to share in case anyone else found it as interesting as I did.

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**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-made-in-nazi-germany/641977/2 "2012-11-24T13:17:29Z")

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Oh, I lied: I _do_ have something else to add. Researching the cartoon brought me to this [list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_films_1933-1945) of German films made during the Nazi era. Lots of curious things there, including [The Kaiser of California](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kaiser_of_California), the first Nazi-made western, which includes some scenes shot on location.  
ETA: Re. the cartoon, FYI that there’s nothing evidently Nazi about it. No swastikas, no master race talk - nothing. It’s just a cartoon about a snowman.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-made-in-nazi-germany/641977/3 "2012-11-24T13:19:50Z")

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Not that surprising: not all of German culture in the Nazi era was geared towards propaganda. Interesting, though, especially that opening shot.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-made-in-nazi-germany/641977/4 "2012-11-24T22:23:12Z")

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Didn’t they made a song about it?

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**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-made-in-nazi-germany/641977/5 "2012-11-24T22:28:40Z")

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> [@Rodgers01](#):
>
> A Google search for “snowman” lead to the German cartoon _Der Schneeman_, which was made in Germany under the Third Reich, in 1944.
> 
> You can watch it [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j7_t9HPBPA). I knew the Nazis had a film industry, but it was a little surprising - and more than a little weird - to watch a sweet, funny kid’s cartoon and know what we know about when and where it was made.
> 
> Nothing more to add…just wanted to share in case anyone else found it as interesting as I did.

Wow, I used to watch that when I was little.