Lives between fiction and reality

The movie Der Führer schenkt den Juden eine Stadt (1944) as object of reflection about Nazi cinema

Abstract

The extermination of over six million Jews in the German “work camps” during the Second World War was, undoubtedly, one of the historical events that marked the 20th century. Not incidentally, became a common theme explored historical and from then on. The “Final Solution” was implemented thanks to an auspicious logistical project developed since the mid-1930 that based in eugenics and racial arguments “recruited”, located, transported and eliminated so many people – especially in the last years of the conflict – wake up without great splurge in world public opinion. This work will discuss some questions concerning the History of Science in a propagandistic film that contributed to the formation of this process of social lethargy about the reality in these institutions.