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Please don’t make me defend a Nazi sympathizer

March 17, 2016 by expandingbookshelf 3 Comments

In Dietrich & Riefenstahl, Karin Wieland compares the lives of two famous German movie personalities. On the surface, Marlin Dietrich and Leni Riefenstahl seem very similar. Born a year apart, both harbored big dreams. Both defied their parents, studied dance and worked as actors. Both took lovers and refused to live their lives the way others demanded.  But when Hitler ascended to power, the two women reacted very differently. Dietrich became an American citizen and entertained Allied troops during the war, and Riefenstahl supported Hitler, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History Tagged With: and a Century in Two Lives, Berlin, biography, Dietrich & Riefenstahl: Hollywood, Germany, history, Hollywood, Karin Wieland, Leni Riefenstahl, Marlene Dietrich, Nazi, World War II

expandingbookshelf's CBR8 Review No:40 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: and a Century in Two Lives, Berlin, biography, Dietrich & Riefenstahl: Hollywood, Germany, history, Hollywood, Karin Wieland, Leni Riefenstahl, Marlene Dietrich, Nazi, World War II ·
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