Adolf Hitler in popular culture

[[File:Heinrich Vogeler-Das Dritte Reich-1934.jpg|thumb|"The Third Reich", 1934 painting by the anti-Nazi exile German painter [[Heinrich Vogeler]]]]

[[File:Heinrich Vogeler-Das Dritte Reich-1934.jpg|thumb|"The Third Reich", 1934 painting by the anti-Nazi exile German painter [[Heinrich Vogeler]]]]

[[Adolf Hitler]], dictator of [[Nazi Germany]] from 1933 to 1945, has been represented in [[popular culture]] ever since he became a well-known politician in Germany. His distinctive image was often parodied by his opponents. Parodies became much more prominent outside Germany during his period in power. Since the end of [[World War II]] representations of Hitler, both serious and satirical, have continued to be prominent in popular culture, sometimes generating significant controversy.<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=3791103|title=The Hitler Controversy|first=Geoffrey |last=Cocks |journal= Political Psychology |volume= 1 |issue= 2 |date=Autumn 1979 |pages=67–81 |publisher=International Society of Political Psychology |doi=10.2307/3791103}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-wants-indian-menswear-shop-hitler-renamed/|title=Israel wants Indian menswear shop Hitler renamed|date=September 3, 2012|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> In many periodicals, books, and movies, Hitler and [[Nazism]] fulfill the role of [[archetypal]] [[evil]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/An-attempt-to-fathom-Hitler-Robert-Carlyle-2647584.php|title=An attempt to fathom Hitler / Robert Carlyle conveys depths of tyrant's evil|date=May 16, 2003|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/287194/Hitler-The-Rise-of-Evil/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027230853/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/287194/Hitler-The-Rise-of-Evil/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2014|title=Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003): Movie review|last=Erickson|first=Hal|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2014|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> This treatment is not confined to fiction but is widespread amongst nonfiction writers who have discussed him in this vein.<ref>{{cite book | last =Victor | first =G. | title =Hitler: The Pathology of Evil | year =1999 | publisher =Potomac Books | isbn =1-57488-228-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last =Rosenbaum | first =R. | title =Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil | year =1999 | publisher =Harper Perennial | isbn =0-06-095339-X}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last =Johnson | first =E. | title =Nazi Terror: The Gestapo, Jews, and Ordinary Germans | year =2000 | publisher =Basic Books | isbn =0-465-04908-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last =Levenda | first =P. | title =Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult | year =2005 | publisher =Continuum | isbn =0-8264-1409-5 | url-access =registration | url =https://archive.org/details/unholyalliancehi00leve }}</ref> Hitler has retained a fascination from other perspectives; among many comparable examples is an exhibition at the [[German Historical Museum]] which was widely attended.<ref>{{Cite news | author = A. J. Goldman | date = 3 November 2010 | title = Why Did Germans Embrace Him? | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303362404575580281932712418 | newspaper = The Wall Street Journal | access-date = 20 October 2014 | quote = Nazis are never far from the news here, but 'Hitler and the Germans: Nation and Crimes' is Hitler's biggest coup in Berlin since Mel Brooks's 'The Producers' lit up the German capital last year. The exhibition at the German Historical Museum has attracted a mountain of domestic and international media attention and brisk business. }}</ref>

[[Adolf Hitler]], dictator of [[Nazi Germany]] from 1933 to 1945, has been represented in [[popular culture]] ever since he became a well-known politician in Germany. His distinctive image was often parodied by his opponents. Parodies became much more prominent outside Germany during his period in power. Since the end of [[World War II]] representations of Hitler, both serious and satirical, have continued to be prominent in popular culture, usually generating significant controversy. More commonly in the West. <ref>{{cite journal|jstor=3791103|title=The Hitler Controversy|first=Geoffrey |last=Cocks |journal= Political Psychology |volume= 1 |issue= 2 |date=Autumn 1979 |pages=67–81 |publisher=International Society of Political Psychology |doi=10.2307/3791103}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-wants-indian-menswear-shop-hitler-renamed/|title=Israel wants Indian menswear shop Hitler renamed|date=September 3, 2012|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> In many periodicals, books, and movies, Hitler and [[Nazism]] fulfill the role of [[archetypal]] [[evil]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/An-attempt-to-fathom-Hitler-Robert-Carlyle-2647584.php|title=An attempt to fathom Hitler / Robert Carlyle conveys depths of tyrant's evil|date=May 16, 2003|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/287194/Hitler-The-Rise-of-Evil/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027230853/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/287194/Hitler-The-Rise-of-Evil/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2014|title=Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003): Movie review|last=Erickson|first=Hal|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2014|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> This treatment is not confined to fiction but is widespread amongst nonfiction writers who have discussed him in this vein.<ref>{{cite book | last =Victor | first =G. | title =Hitler: The Pathology of Evil | year =1999 | publisher =Potomac Books | isbn =1-57488-228-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last =Rosenbaum | first =R. | title =Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil | year =1999 | publisher =Harper Perennial | isbn =0-06-095339-X}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last =Johnson | first =E. | title =Nazi Terror: The Gestapo, Jews, and Ordinary Germans | year =2000 | publisher =Basic Books | isbn =0-465-04908-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last =Levenda | first =P. | title =Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult | year =2005 | publisher =Continuum | isbn =0-8264-1409-5 | url-access =registration | url =https://archive.org/details/unholyalliancehi00leve }}</ref> Hitler has retained a fascination from other perspectives; among many comparable examples is an exhibition at the [[German Historical Museum]] which was widely attended.<ref>{{Cite news | author = A. J. Goldman | date = 3 November 2010 | title = Why Did Germans Embrace Him? | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303362404575580281932712418 | newspaper = The Wall Street Journal | access-date = 20 October 2014 | quote = Nazis are never far from the news here, but 'Hitler and the Germans: Nation and Crimes' is Hitler's biggest coup in Berlin since Mel Brooks's 'The Producers' lit up the German capital at the time. The exhibition at the German Historical Museum has attracted a mountain of domestic and international media attention and brisk business. }}</ref>

==Depictions of Hitler during his lifetime==

==Depictions of Hitler during his lifetime==