In time of war, it's typical, sometimes 
even useful,

to demonize your enemy.

We still see this today, whenever a 
dictator or

despot comes to power anywhere 
in the world.

Caricatures and jokes, not always in 
the best of taste,

rise to the forefront because it's our 
way of relieving aggression.

So it was in WWII.

Some people feared Adolf Hitler; others
mocked him.

The Disney staff came up with the idea 
for a cartoon to be titled,

<i>"Donald Duck in Nazi-Land,"</i> giving the 
all-American duck a nightmare

that he was living in a country run by Nazis.

The title changed, when a song written 
for the cartoon by Oliver Wallace,

became a runaway hit In a now-classic 
recording by Spike Jones.

It then became essential to change 
the name of the cartoon to,

"Der Fuehrer's Face."

It's easy to see why the film 
was so popular -

It's very, very funny

reducing the serious 
tenets of Hitler's Naziism to slapstick absurdities.

And, it gave audiences a chance to think, 
as Donald does, about

the freedoms they might have 
taken for granted.

[Donald] "Am I glad to be a citizen 
of the United States of America!"

<i>Der Fuehrer's Face</i>, directed by 
Jack Kinney, won the Academy Award

as <i>"best animated short subject 
of 1943."</i>

♪ [Fanfare/brass intro music] ♪

♪ [<i>Der Fuehrer's Face</i> begins] ♪

LYRICS: <i>When Der Fuehrer says, "we is 
the master race,"</i>

<i>we HEIL! HEIL! Right in Der Fuehrer's face!</i>

<i>Not to love Der Fuehrer is a great 
disgrace! So we HEIL! HEIL! </i>

<i>Right in Der Fuehrer's face!</i>

<i>When herr Goebbels says, "we own 
the world and space,"</i>

<i>We HEIL! HEIL! Right in herr Goebbels' face!</i>

<i>When herr Goring says, "they'll never 
bomb this place!"</i>

<i>We HEIL! HEIL! Right in herr Goring's face!</i>

<i>Is we not the supermen?</i>

<i>Aryan, pure supermen?</i>

<i>Ja, we is the supermen!</i>

<i>Super-duper supermen!</i>

<i>Is this Nazi-land so good? 
Would you leave it if you could?</i>

<i>Ja, this Nazi-land is good!</i>

<i>We would-a leave it if-a we could!</i>

<i>We bring the world new order!</i>

<i>Heil Hitler's world to order!</i>

<i>Everyone of foreign race 
will love Der Fuehrer's face,</i>

<i>When we bring to the world disorder!</i>

[Donald Duck snoring]

<i>When Der Fuehrer says, "we is 
the master race,"</i>

<i>we HEIL! HEIL! Right in Der Fuehrer's face!</i>

<i>Not to love Der Fuehrer(alarm/bell) is a great disgrace!</i>

<i>So, we HEIL! HEIL! Right in Der Fuehrer's face!</i>

[Chicken] HEIL HITLER!

[Donald] Shut up!

[Nazi outside window] <i>Heraus, schweinehund!</i>

Heil Hitler!

Heil Hirohito!

Heil Mussolini!

[Nazi] <i>Nix! Komm heraus!</i>
Into the clothes get!

[Donald] mumbling

(music)

<i>squeak</i>

(sawing )

(crunching )

<i>squish, squish</i>

( crunching)

[Nazi] here, improve the mind.
heil Hitler

band playing

When Der Fuehrer says, "we is 
the master race,"

we HEIL! HEIL! Right in Der Fuehrer's face!

As to love Der Fuehrer.....

Welcome workers of Nazi Land

What a glorious privilege is yours

to be a Nazi

to work 48 hours a day for Der Fuehrer.

When Der Fuehrer says "We never will be slaves"

we Heil! Heil! but still we work like slaves

While Der Fuehrer brags

and lies and rants and raves

we Heil! Heil! and work into our graves.

Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler!

Get to work!

(music)

[Donald Duck]Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler!

(unintelligible Donald Duck talk)

Heil Hitler!

(song) When Der Fuehrer yells
"I got to have more shells"

we HEIL! HEIL! 
for him we make more shells

if one little shell
should blow him right to (sound of clang)

we HEIL! HEIL! 
and wouldn't that be swell

[Donald Duck] Heil Hitler!

(music)

(Donald Duck mumbling)

[Donald Duck] Heil Hitler!

(Nazi)Is this not wonderful?

Is not Der Fuehrer glorious?

Heil Hitler!

[Donald Duck] Heil Hitler!

(unintelligible Donald Duck talk)

(Nazi)What's that you say?

[Donald Duck] Heil Hitler!

(music)

[ Donald noise ]

Attention workers!

Through the kindness of Der Fuehrer

Now comes the vacation with pay

Ach...the beautiful Alps

with the birds,

and the beautiful scenery

not forgetting to build up the body

so we can work hard for the Fuehrer

Heil Hitler!

One two three Heil!

One two three Heil!

One two three Heil!

And now, vacation is over

by special delivery of the Fuehrer

Heil Hitler!

You have been chosen to work
overtime

(sad sound)

(music) we need more shells!

shells! shells! more shells!

faster, faster, more shells!

faster, faster, more shells!

(unintelligible Donald Duck talk)

Brrrrrrrbbbbbrrrrbbbrrrr

(spinning music)

(music sounds)

(brass music)

(music faster and faster)

(sound of explosion)

(quiet)

[Donald Duck] Heil Hit - (music)

Oh boy! (kiss) am I glad to be a citizen
of the United States of America.

(music) Not to love the Fuehrer
is a great disgrace

so we Heil! Heil! right in the Fuehrer's face!