"The Disney staff never tackled a more serious subject than the one dramatized in Education for Death, as its subtitle, The Making of a Nazi, would indicate." "Based on a best-selling book, directed by Clyde Geronimi, and narrated by the then popular radio personality, Art Smith." "This film shows us how an innocent young boy is indoctrinated as a Nazi, and brainwashed into believing the party's warped ideology." "The Disney artists were used to animating fanciful characters, but this was something completely different." "Notice how well they stage each scene for dramatic impact." "Using shadows and silhouettes to emphasize the menace inherent in each phase of this saga." "While bringing realistic human characters to life was always their greatest challenge, they did an excellent job in this short." "Since this film was shown to general audiences, it was smart to include moments of humor." "But there's nothing funny about book burning." "And when we see boys acting genuinely cruel, it's shocking, just as it's meant to be." "The ending is as grim as any ever put on film." "What makes a Nazi?" "How does he get that way?" "Well, let's look into the process." "To begin with..." "Nazi control over a German child... starts as soon as it's born." "A young German couple has come... to register the birth of their son." "Heil Hitler." "Heil Hitler!" "Those documents are birth certificates... all the way back to their great-grandparents... proving, of course, that they are pure Aryan." "The mother wants to call her son Hans." "Here's the verboten list." "Mm-hmm." "Hans seems to be OK... for the time being." "This is their hereditary passport... with space for twelve future children." "A subtle hint- Germany needs soldiers." "As a reward, they get a copy... of Germany's bestseller." "Now let's see what happens to one of Hitler's children." "Kindergarten... and little Hans learns the fairy tales... of the new order." "Remember the story of the sleeping beauty?" "Hans was taught that the wicked witch... was democracy." "And Sleeping Beauty- who can she be?" "Ah ha ha ha ha!" "Aha!" "Here comes the prince." "The prince is victorious." "Democracy has fled." "The prince breaks the magic spell with a kiss." "The beautiful princess is Germany." "Aah!" "And the brave, handsome knight" "You know who he is." "Heil Hitler!" " Heil Hitler!" " Heil!" "?" "Heil Hitler, hell Hitler?" "Ahh." "?" "Heil Hitler, hell Hitler?" " Heil!" "Heil!" " Heil!" "Heil!" " Heil!" "Heil!" " Heil!" "Heil!" "Heil!" "Heil!" "Heil!" "Heil!" "Heil!" "Ooh!" "Ach!" "Oh!" "The moral of this Nazi fairy tale... seems to be that Hitler got Germany on her feet... climbed into the saddle... and took her for a ride." "The distortion of this tale has its purpose... in molding the young Nazi mind." "Hitler becomes Hans' idol." "Sieg heil!" "Sieg heil!" "Sieg heil!" "But one day, Hans became sick." "His mother is praying that her son get well." "She knows that the unfit are taken away by the state... and are never heard of again." "Heil Hitler!" "Heil Hitler." "Heil Hitler!" "This superman has just reminded Hans' mother... that unless this mollycoddling stops... the state will have to step in and take over." "Hans recovered." "Back in school, he's giving his daily pledge... to fight, obey, and die for his Fuehrer... which pleases the Fuehrer very much." "And Herr Goering." "And Herr Goebbels, too." "Hans' schoolteacher is about to give the class... a little lesson in natural history." "Ahh." "Now let's see what they'll learn... from this little lesson." "Hans?" "He said the poor rabbit." "Is he out of his mind?" "What would the Fuehrer think of such a stupid answer?" "What would Herr Goering say?" "And Herr Goebbels?" "Now then, who can give the correct answer?" ""The world belongs to the strong."" ""And to the brutal."" ""The rabbit is a coward and deserves to die."" "They spit on the rabbit." "Nice kids." "Gut, gut." "He hates the rabbit!" "There's no room for weaklings!" "Hans is learning fast." "My, how he hates that rabbit." "Hans has come around... to the correct Nazi way of thinking." "Nice going, eh, Adolf?" "Yes, this lesson is the basis for the Nazi creed." "For Germany will likewise destroy... all weak and cowardly nations." ""Germans are a super-race!" "All others will be slaves!"" ""Germans are unconquerable."" ""They fear no one."" "Listen to the fanatic cry." ""Today we own Germany!"" ""Tomorrow, the whole world!"" "Hans is now ready for the higher education... as decreed by the Fuehrer." "Marching and heiling, heiling and marching..." "Hans grows up." "In him is planted no seed of laughter... hope, tolerance, or mercy." "For him, only heiling and marching... marching and heiling, as the years grind on." "Manhood finds him still heiling and marching." "But the grim years of regimentation... have done their work." "Now he's a good Nazi." "He sees no more than the party wants him to..." "He says nothing but what the party wants him to say..." "And he does nothing but what the party wants him to do." "And so he marches on... with his millions of comrades... trampling on the rights of others." "For now his education is complete" "His education for death."