Reaction paper #8 is now considered a take-home portion of your final exam.
It is due on Thursday, May 1st at 9:00am.
Make sure your essay answers the questions posed, uses the readings on reserve in the library and notes on the blog, and is well-written. The bare minimum is 2 pages, but longer essays (as always) are fine.
Question:
The two best examples of anti-Jewish Nazi propaganda are the movies The Eternal Jew and Jud Suss, but while their message is essentially the same, that Jews are a menace that has hurt Germany for hundreds of years, they do so in different ways. The Eternal Jew is presented as a documentary, presenting "fact" on the history of the Jewish people, while Jud Suss is a more Hollywood-esque feature film, with a rather despicable Jewish character as the antagonist. Which one is more effective? If you were a German citizen sitting in the theater watching these films, what impact do you think they would have on you?
NOTE: You need to have an introduction and a thesis that states which one is more effective, and then you need to present BOTH films, proving why you've selected the one you have, and then a conclusion. You can't just say The Eternal Jew is more effective and then only talk about that one film. It doesn't show any real analysis of both films as propaganda.
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