Plan for Destruction
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Plan for Destruction |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1941 |
| length | 22 minutes |
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| Director | Edward L. Cahn |
| script |
Karl Kamb John C. Higgins |
| music |
Nathaniel Shilkret , Daniele Amfithetrof , Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco , Eric Zeist |
| camera | Jackson Rose |
| cut | Harry Komer |
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Plan for Destruction is an American documentary - short film from the year 1943. He was at the Oscars in 1944 for best documentary short film nominated. The film is about Karl Haushofer's geopolitics and his role in World War II . Directed by Edward L. Cahn . Lewis Stone appeared as the speaker, while Frank Reicher played Karl Haushofer .
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The short film gives the theses of Karl Haushofer and his geopolitics a major culprit in the Second World War . Haushofer is presented as the source of ideas for Adolf Hitler . The film contains both archive material and re-enactment and dramatized scenes. There are some historical inaccuracies in the representation. The friendship between Hess and Haushofer developed as early as 1919 and Haushofer met Hitler when he himself visited Hess in prison. Haushofer also withdrew into private life after the Second World War, suffered from depression and had already fallen out of favor by the time the film was made. The following course of action therefore reproduces the film and is not a description of historical facts.
After World War I , the military were demoted and not well respected among the population. Some even commit suicide. Major General Karl Haushofer gets into a crowd and is mocked. He swears revenge. shortly afterwards he went to the University of Munich and teaches his geopolitics, which included the theory of living space in the east . After a lecture he met Rudolf Hess , a member of the NSDAP , who introduced him to Adolf Hitler , who was imprisoned in Landsberg after the failed coup attempt in 1923 . After the seizure of power, Haushofer was appointed to the German Academy , where he was allowed to head the geopolitical institute. A secret service is started from this institute, which observes the entire world via exchange programs or vacation trips and sends photo material (postcards, photographs) home. The institute obtained further information from magazines and books as well as from the various embassies and friendly associations. Haushofer suggested in 1939 that the attack on Poland could begin and provided information that facilitated the invasion. During the film, Haushofer can be seen several times in uniform explaining geopolitics to officers and giving instructions. Hitler's campaign began in Poland, and it was mainly thanks to Haushofer's research that it became so efficient. One scene shows Haushofer praising the propaganda and toasting the first victories. Then the German-Soviet War began . Haushofer and Hitler believed in victory within six weeks, but the war lasts longer and longer. The Germany-Japan axis was established through the mediation of Haushofer .
The film now shows that Haushofer was wrong on some points: He underestimated the resistance of some countries and assumed that the conquered areas would remain conquered. He also ignored the fact that the Allies would not only defend themselves, but also fight back. The film closes with a speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt , who calls on American youth to resist Nazi Germany.
Web links
- Plan for Destruction in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- For Destruction - Karl Haushofer's plan for Nazi global dominance. PopModal videos no longer available