00:00 The Disney staff never tackled a more serious subject than the one dramatized in "Education
00:08 for Death," as its subtitle, "The Making of a Nazi," would indicate. Based on a best-selling
00:13 book directed by Clyde Geronimi and narrated by the then-popular radio personality Art
00:18 Smith, this film shows us how an innocent young boy is indoctrinated as a Nazi and brainwashed
00:24 into believing the party's warped ideology. The Disney artists were accustomed to animating
00:29 fanciful characters, but this was something completely different. Notice how well they
00:34 stage each scene for dramatic impact, using shadows and silhouettes to emphasize the menace
00:40 inherent in each phase of this saga. And while bringing realistic human characters to life
00:46 was always their greatest challenge, I think they did an excellent job in this short. Since
00:50 this film was shown to general audiences, it was smart to include moments of humor,
00:55 but there's nothing funny about book-burning. And when we see boys acting genuinely cruel,
01:00 it's shocking, just as it's meant to be. The ending is as grim as any ever put on film.
01:05 [Music]
01:34 What makes a Nazi? How does he get that way? Well, let's look into the process. To begin
01:41 with, Nazi control over a German child starts as soon as it's born. A young German couple
01:48 has come to register the birth of their son.
01:51 Heil Hitler. Heil Hitler. Heil Hitler.
01:53 Herr Standesbeamte, wir möchten unseren Jungen anmelden. Unseren Erstgeborenen.
02:00 Gib alle Geburtsscheine. Ja, hier sind unsere Geburtsscheine. Die Geburtsscheine unserer Eltern.
02:04 Those documents are birth certificates, all the way back to their great-grandparents,
02:10 proving of course that they are pure Aryan.
02:13 The mother wants to call her son Hans.
02:18 Dieses Verzeichnis enthält alle männlichen Namen, die für Kinder arbeiten.
02:22 Here's the verboten list. Hans seems to be okay for the time being.
02:28 Hier ist der Erbgeberausweis, den Sie immer bei sich haben müssen.
02:31 This is their hereditary passport, with space for twelve future children. A subtle hint,
02:38 Germany needs soldiers.
02:39 Für's deutsche Vaterland. Wir bereichen Ihnen ein wertvolles Geschenk von unserem Führer.
02:44 As a reward, they get a copy of Germany's bestseller.
02:48 Now let's see what happens to one of Hitler's children.
02:53 Kindergarten, and little Hans learns the fairy tales of the new order.
02:58 Remember the story of the Sleeping Beauty?
03:02 Hans was taught that the Wicked Witch was democracy.
03:07 And Sleeping Beauty? Who can she be?
03:11 Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
03:14 Ah-ha, here comes the Prince.
03:17 The Prince is victorious.
03:28 Democracy has fled.
03:32 The Prince breaks the magic spell with a kiss.
03:39 The beautiful Princess is Germany.
03:43 And the brave, handsome Knight? You know who he is.
03:53 Heil Hitler!
03:54 Heil Hitler! Heil!
03:55 Heil!
03:56 Heil!
03:57 Heil!
04:04 Heil!
04:14 Heil!
04:16 Heil!
04:18 Heil!
04:21 [gibberish]
04:24 [gibberish]
04:27 [gibberish]
04:30 [gibberish]
04:33 [gibberish]
05:00 The moral of this Nazi fairy tale seems to be that Hitler got Germany on her feet,
05:06 climbed into the saddle, and took her for a ride.
05:09 The distortion of this tale has its purpose in molding the young Nazi mind.
05:16 Hitler becomes Hans' idol.
05:18 Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!
05:22 But one day Hans became sick.
05:24 His mother is praying that her son get well.
05:28 She knows that the unfit are taken away by the state and are never heard of again.
05:33 [gibberish]
05:35 [knocking]
05:43 Heil Hitler!
05:45 Heil Hitler!
05:47 [gibberish]
05:52 [gibberish]
05:57 [gibberish]
06:03 [gibberish]
06:10 Heil Hitler!
06:11 This superman has just reminded Hans' mother that unless this mollycoddling stops,
06:17 the state will have to step in and take over.
06:20 [gibberish]
06:25 Hans recovered.
06:27 Back in school, he's giving his daily pledge to fight, obey, and die for his Führer,
06:33 which pleases the Führer very much.
06:36 And Herr Goering. And Herr Goebbels, too.
06:40 [gibberish]
06:47 Hans' schoolteacher is about to give the class a little lesson in natural history.
06:52 [gibberish]
06:54 [gibberish]
07:01 Now let's see what they'll learn from this little lesson.
07:17 [gibberish]
07:23 Hans?
07:24 [gibberish]
07:26 He said, "The poor rabbit." Is he out of his mind?
07:29 [gibberish]
07:31 [gibberish]
07:35 [gibberish]
07:40 What would the Führer think of such a stupid answer?
07:46 What would Herr Goering say? And Herr Goebbels?
07:49 [gibberish]
07:52 [gibberish]
07:55 Now then, who can give the correct answer?
07:58 [gibberish]
08:02 The world belongs to the strong.
08:04 [gibberish]
08:05 And to the brutal.
08:06 [gibberish]
08:09 The rabbit is a coward and deserves to die.
08:11 They spit on the rabbit. Nice kids.
08:14 [gibberish]
08:20 [gibberish]
08:25 He hates the rabbit. There's no room for weaklings. Hans is learning fast.
08:31 My, how he hates that rabbit.
08:34 [gibberish]
08:35 [gibberish]
08:39 Hans has come around to the correct Nazi way of thinking. Nice going, eh, Adolf?
08:47 [gibberish]
08:51 Yes, this lesson is the basis for the Nazi creed.
08:55 For Germany will likewise destroy all weak and cowardly nations.
08:59 [gibberish]
09:05 Germans are a super race. All of us will be slaves.
09:09 [gibberish]
09:13 Germans are unconquerable. They fear no one.
09:17 Listen to the fanatic cry.
09:19 [gibberish]
09:27 Today we own Germany. Tomorrow, the whole world.
09:32 Hans is now ready for the higher education as decreed by the Führer.
09:39 [music]
10:08 Marching and hiling, hiling and marching, Hans grows up.
10:12 In him is planted no seed of laughter, hope, tolerance, or mercy.
10:18 For him, only hiling and marching, marching and hiling, as the years grind on.
10:25 Manhood finds him still, hiling and marching.
10:29 But the grim years of regimentation have done their work.
10:32 Now he's a good Nazi.
10:35 He sees no more than the party wants him to.
10:38 He says nothing but what the party wants him to say.
10:41 And he does nothing but what the party wants him to do.
10:45 And so he marches on with his millions of comrades, trampling on the rights of others.
10:52 For now, his education is complete.
10:56 His education for death.
11:00 [music]
11:14 [BLANK_AUDIO]
Comments