Menschen im Sturm
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Menschen im Sturm is a 1941 German film. It was anti-Serbian propaganda and part of a concerted propaganda push against Serbs, attempting to split them from the Croats.
to escape to the border. When arrested, she proudly affirms that she helped her countrymen and, in an escape attempt, is shot, to die happy and heroic.
, in an anti-Serbian rather than anti-Polish context.
A Croats aids the Germans, stating that all Croats should be friendly, and is murdered by Serbs for it, reflecting a wide-spread cliche of the friendly Croat.
Synopsis
Vera witnesses the persecution of ethnic Germans in Yugoslavia, which awakens her ethnic consciousness. Her cosmopolitan friend Alexander is arrested. Vera flirts with the Serbian commander to allow VolksdeutscheVolksdeutsche
Volksdeutsche - "German in terms of people/folk" -, defined ethnically, is a historical term from the 20th century. The words volk and volkische conveyed in Nazi thinking the meanings of "folk" and "race" while adding the sense of superior civilization and blood...
to escape to the border. When arrested, she proudly affirms that she helped her countrymen and, in an escape attempt, is shot, to die happy and heroic.
Motifs
The film reprises many of the same motifs as HeimkehrHeimkehr
Heimkehr is a 1941 German anti-Polish propaganda film directed by Gustav Ucicky.It received the rare honor "Film of the Nation," bestowed on films considered to have made an outstanding contribution to the national cause...
, in an anti-Serbian rather than anti-Polish context.
A Croats aids the Germans, stating that all Croats should be friendly, and is murdered by Serbs for it, reflecting a wide-spread cliche of the friendly Croat.