Summary Of Triumph The Will By Lenni Riefenstahl

As World War I came to a conclusion, the German people faced an inherent complication: what was to be the future of Germany? Democracy was a paltry response to such a climactic part of history. The Weimar Republic not only deteriorated the already feeble nation, but became a mixing pot for the future of the Third Reich. Once the previous leaders of the Weimar Republic conceded defeat, Adolf Hitler rose in his ranks until he accepted his position as Führer on August 1st, 1921 for the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. They pushed through many different trials and victories, and finally became chancellor on January 30th, 1933. A little over a year later, on July 30th, 1934, the president of Germany, Paul von Hindenburg dies leaving his position open for the taking by Hitler. Thus, by 1935 Hitler and his Nazi party had obtained complete control of Germany, and passed their infamous
At the same time, Leni Riefenstahl released her documentary, Triumph of the Will. When analyzing these two essential documents of history, Hitler’s Nuremberg Laws and Riefenstahl’s documentary, there is a clear connection that solidifies the Nazi state’s rapid growth in power and the revolutionary changes through the use of propaganda. First of all, it is apparent in both Riefenstahl’s documentary as well as Hitler’s Nuremberg Laws, that the Nazi state experienced rapid growth in power. On September 15th, 1935 Hitler passed a new set of laws known as the Nuremberg Laws. These laws legalized racism and promoted antisemitism. Hitler’s new laws describes in Article 6: “Any other requirements for purity of blood, not covered in Article 5, can only be made with permission from the Reich Minister of the Interior and the Deputy of the Führer. If any such requirements have been made, they will be void