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Source: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung
This movie was based on a novel from 1932, which was first serialized
in the Nazi party newspaper Völkischer
Beobachter. The novel was published at time when the NSDAP was the
biggest party in Germany, whose supporters were fighting its political
enemies, especially communists, in the streets and at the ballot box.
The film, which opened in theaters in 1933, contrasted the crude
demeanor of the boorish workers’ parties to the proud, orderly, and
clean Nazis. The story was based on the life of Herbert Norkus, a
15-year-old member of the Hitler Youth (HJ) whom communists murdered in
1932 while he was handing out HJ flyers. In this scene, Herbert, renamed
Heini, witnesses the difference between his own undisciplined upbringing
and the orderly and patriotic Nazis to whom he is drawn. He eventually
joins the Hitler Youth against his father’s wishes, shows his courage
and devotion to the cause, and then is “martyred” at the hands of a
communist.
The film is indexed as a "Vorbehaltsfilm"
(banned Nazi film) in Germany, which is why we cannot feature a clip but
only a film still.
Source: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung