Charlie Chaplin and the Nazis

A retired district court judge and director from Buxtehude, Germany, Norbert Aping has published books on Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin and slapstick television.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Foreword by Kevin Brownlow

Preface

Introduction

 1. Charlie Chaplin—a Jew?

 2. Chaplin Targeted: Shoulder Arms and The Gold Rush, 1921–26

 3. Who Needs Facts? Divorce, Shoulder Arms and Creativity—1927–31

 4. Chaplin in Berlin, City Lights—1931

 5. Nazi Disruptions of City Lights?—1931–32

 6. Südfilm AG and City Lights, 1931–32

 7. A Year of Change, 1933

 8. Modern Times Nazi Style, 1934–36

 9. “Jew” Chaplin “Steals Intellectual Property,” 1937

10. The ­Run-up to The Great Dictator, 1938–39

11. Preparations, 1939–40

12. The Great Dictator Takes to the Stage—1940–41

13. Bogeymen and The Great Dictator in Germany, 1941–45

14. The Gold Rush and Agitation to the Bitter End, 1942–44

Appendix 1: The ­25-Point Program of the NSDAP, February 24, 1920

Appendix 2: Three Articles

Appendix 3: NSDAP Main Archive (Hauptarchiv der NSDAP): Chaplin File

Appendix 4: Nazi Authors and Other Authors Who Wrote About Chaplin During the Third Reich

Appendix 5: Nazi Chaplin Slurs

Appendix 6: Reichsfilmarchiv Catalogue Card No. 15,242: The Great Dictator

Appendix 7: Signage in the Ghetto of The Great Dictator

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index