1. Fritz Hippler was a German filmmaker who ran the film department in the Propaganda Ministry of Nazi Germany, under Joseph Goebbels.
17 Facts About Fritz Hippler
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Fritz Hippler is best known as the director of the propaganda film Der Ewige Jude.
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Fritz Hippler's father died in 1918 in the First World War in France.
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In 1925 when he was 17, Fritz Hippler joined the Nazi Party.
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In 1927, Fritz Hippler became a member of the NSD Studentbund - the National Socialist German Students' League.
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Fritz Hippler was a member of the Teutonia dueling society in Heidelberg and the Arminia dueling society in Berlin.
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In 1932, Fritz Hippler was expelled from the University of Berlin for participating in violent Nazi rallies.
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In June 1933 Fritz Hippler participated in a violent rally opposite the stock exchange, against Alfred Hugenberg then minister of finance and still Hitler's rival, calling Hitler to disavow him and remove him from power.
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Fritz Hippler was later involved in a dispute over the direction of arts policy.
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Fritz Hippler was satisfied with the anti-Jewish orientation of the arts policy and the consequent banishment of that art from museums and art dealers who had been created by Jews.
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Fritz Hippler appointed the 29-year-old Hippler to head the film department at the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda RMVP.
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Fritz Hippler's task was control, supervision and direction of German filmmaking.
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In 1938, Fritz Hippler was appointed to the rank of SS Hauptsturmfuhrer.
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Fritz Hippler was sent to an infantry replacement battalion of the country, according to Strauss and underwent mountain infantry training.
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Fritz Hippler was able to stage a comeback after his release.
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Fritz Hippler was interviewed in the Bill Moyers PBS documentary series A Walk Through the 20th Century in 1982.
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Fritz Hippler is portrayed by Cary Elwes in the 2001 television film Uprising, and by Ralf Bauer in the 2010 film Jew Suss: Rise and Fall.