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Film, Video Ibsen and Hitler: The Playwright, the Plagiarist and the Plot for the Third Reich

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Title

  • Ibsen and Hitler: The Playwright, the Plagiarist and the Plot for the Third Reich

Summary

  • Steven F. Sage, a former research fellow at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, discussed his book, "Ibsen and Hitler: The Playwright, the Plagiarist and the Plot for the Third Reich," in a program sponsored by the Center for the Book. Published by Carroll & Graf, the book depends heavily on the collections of the Library of Congress, including the Third Reich collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. In "Ibsen and Hitler," Sage discusses three Ibsen plays, "An Enemy of the People," "The Master Builder" and "Emperor and Galilean," which may have inspired Hitler's writings, speeches and thinking, and quite possibly some of his actions. When Hitler read Ibsen in 1908, he was swayed by a German literary cult then current, which held certain Ibsen dramas to be "prophecy." Through the years, Sage argues, Hitler paraphrased lines from the plays "and restaged highlights of their plots while assigning himself the starring role in this grand drama."

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2006-07-19.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  Literature

Notes

  • -  Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Steven Sage.
  • -  Recorded on 2006-07-19.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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  • 2021687776

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  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. Ibsen and Hitler: The Playwright, the Plagiarist and the Plot for the Third Reich. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-19, 2006. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687776/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. (2006) Ibsen and Hitler: The Playwright, the Plagiarist and the Plot for the Third Reich. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-19. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687776/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. Ibsen and Hitler: The Playwright, the Plagiarist and the Plot for the Third Reich. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-19, 2006. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687776/>.