In the 1940's They Made Blatant Propaganda for Children

Der Fuehrer's Face

Propaganda just isn't as funny as it used to be.  This is an anti-nazi propaganda film from 1943 made by Walt Disney Studios. The film won the 1943 Academy Award for Animated Short Film and was voted #22 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.  Remember kids, buy war bonds!

History:

Before the film's release, the popular band Spike Jones and His City Slickers, noted for their parodies of hot songs of the time, released a version of Oliver Wallace's theme song, "Der Fuehrer's Face" (also known informally as "The Nazi Song"). Unlike the version in the cartoon, some Spike Jones versions contain the rude sound effect of an instrument he called the "birdaphone", a rubber razzer (aka the Bronx Cheer) with each "HEIL!" to show contempt for Hitler. The so-called "Bronx Cheer" was a well-known expression of disgust in that time period and was not deemed obscene or offensive (except, presumably, to the person who was being deliberately insulted by it). (The sheet music cover bears the image of a tomato splattering in Hitler's face.) Jones recorded two versions of the song at the request of RCA Victor Records which released the song on the Bluebird label - one with a trombone note after each "HEIL!" and the other with a razzer called a 'birdaphone'. The birdaphone version was the one released. The success of Jones' record prompted Disney to change the short's title, originally Donald Duck In Nutzi Land, to match the song.[citation needed]

Due to the propagandistic nature of the short, and the depiction of Donald Duck as a Nazi, Disney has kept it out of general circulation since its original release. Der Fuehrer's Face finally received an official U.S. video release in 2004, when it was included in the Walt Disney Treasures limited edition DVD set Walt Disney: On the Front Lines. It also appeared on another Walt Disney Treasures set: The Chronological Donald Volume Two, released in December 2005.

 

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Lyrics:

When Der Fuehrer says we is der Master Race,
We "Heil!, Heil!" right in Der Fuehrer's face.
Not to love Der Fuehrer is a great disgrace.
So we "Heil!, Heil" right in Der Fuehrer's face.

When Herr Goebbels says we owns the world and space,
We "Heil!, Heil!" right in Herr Goebbels's face.
When Herr Goering says "They'll never bomb this place!"
We "Heil!, Heil!" right in Herr Goering's face.

Bandleader: "Are we Nazi supermen?"
Hirohito: "Aryan-pure supermen!"
Goebbels: "Ya, we is the supermen!"
All: "Super-duper supermen!"
Bandleader: "If this Nazi land so good, would you leave it if you could?
Hirohito, Goebbels and Goering: "Ja, this Nazi land is good!"
Mussolini: "We would leave it if we could!"
Goering: "We bring the world to order!"
Hirohito: "Heil, Hitler's new world order!"
Bandleader: "Everyone of foreign race, will love Der Fuehrer's face when we brings the world dis order!"

When der Fuehrer says, “We never will be slaves!”
We heil, heil, but still we work like slaves!
While der Fuehrer brags, and lies and rants and raves,
We heil! Heil! And work into our graves!
When der Fuehrer yells, “I gotta have more shells!”
We heil, heil, for him we make more shells!
If one little shell should blow him right to [Hell] [censored by a “Bong!”]!
We’d heil, heil, and wouldn’t that be swell?!