Conducting Research for World Culture Project

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Google is a nice, convenient search engine, but it doesn't cover the world as effectively as some sites. Try a new web engine:

Altavista.com

This search engine has a button for international topics. It may be a better way for you to find out information suitable for your writing research.

Pop Culture articles (an example made of Germany):

Article on German filmmaker and writer: Alexander Kluge
Article on German filmmaker & auteur: Werner Herzog

German Newspapers/News sites on line: (in English)
German News
Germany Info suitable for writer/research
Bild
The Local

Info about Berlin

An interesting article: "Sexual Freedom vs. Fascism in Germany" by Leslie Feinberg

Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany.
German Gay Rights Movement

Willkommen from Cabaret (Joel Gray) The play was based on the life of Christopher Isherwood (he defected to Berlin between 1930-1933, but settled eventually in California).

These next clips are shocking at times, but they give a good sense of World War II. As you watch, comment in your writing about all of them, or selected ones. Bring in your commentary and we'll listen to you appropriately.

World War II propaganda films:

German National Anthem
Joseph Goebbels Speech
Herr Joseph Goebbels
Goebbel Talk about German Culture
1936 German Olympics

Leni Riefenstahl's "Olympia"
Leni Riefenstahl: The Last Days of Leni Riefenstahl

The Assassination of Ernst Rohm
Night of the Long Knives
Hitler Speech (one of many)

German Cartoon (1940)
Disney Donald Duck Cartoon: The Fuhrer's Face
Disney's Anti-Nazi Cartoon (American Propaganda)
Tex Avery wartime cartoon

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