Many cultures have decades of pop-culture anti-nazi media. What are some of your favorite video games, movies, music, tv shows, books, and other media that are anti-nazi?
The Saboteur. A somewhat forgotten but excellent game from the PS3/X360 era, still available on Steam I think.
You play an Irishman in Paris punching nazis and blowing up their shit. The world is black & white and becomes colorful as you capture things.
The racing part sucks, but otherwise the concept and style was just a ton of fun. It had memorable and unique sights and sounds and was just overall a satisfying play.
Danger 5 - A Gerry Anderson-esque team of soldiers works to stop the reich’s escapades and kill Hitler.
Chumbawumba
inglorious bastards, disco elysium
I don’t know much about Disco Elysium. How is it anti-nazi? Isn’t it a space game?
its antinazi in a very subtle way. its a story game loosely inspired by post-soviet life in rural russia/the balkans, but in an alternate universe with motor carriages, cryptids and and The Fog.
you investigate some weird crime involving commies, the local labor union and some fascists. its actually excellent worldbuilding.
It is not a space game. It is a detective game were the narrative comes from your inner voices. Highly recommend, especially if you are looking for some political commentary!
I’ve watched anti-Nazi TV, read anti-Nazi books and sung along to anti-Nazi songs. But I think my all-time favourite has to be Surf Nazis Must Die.
Which anti-nazi books would you recommend?
Porco Rosso is an excellent Ghibli film with anti-fascist themes.
Call me basic, but Captain America has been beating up Nazis for a long time.
Until he became the Nazi…
Quote “Lest We Forget”
The Babylon 5 subplot about president Clarke and his regime comes to mind. The scene with the woman of the Ministry of Truth visits Babylon 5 and claims to have sollved problems by rewriting the dictionary does rhyme with certain events in my country.
Not explicitly Nazi, but good enough. There was an episode of Sliders where there’s a world where those with immigrant blood or who don’t fit a certain type of white if I remember correctly get taken away to prison camps essentially. The twist is that they are essentially turned into slaves through some surgery. Also, apparently there was no Hitler on that parallel Earth. A single person (can’t remember if he was alone or with a group/party) was responsible for it all to be allowed.
The idea of those deemed impure/undesirable in society being medically turned into slaves probably sounded like nothing but sci-fi back then but now under the current US president, it doesn’t sound too far fetched (aside from what they were turned into of course).
The idea of those deemed impure/undesirable in society being medically turned into slaves probably sounded like nothing but sci-fi back then
Okay, for the 90s then because I’m pretty sure eugenics was way outta fashion by then flr the majority of people. Totally forgot about eugenics because it definitely isn’t something I’m thinking about almost ever.
Does Hetalia count?
hogan’s heroes (no I don’t follow controversy that happened decades ago)
A great movie called “Look who’s back” goes into the danger of letting Nazism flourish. In this world Hitler shoots himself at the end of ww2 and then magicaly wakes up in modern times. So he goes back to his old shenanigans and people think it’s satire.
I didn’t realize while watching it that it’s kinda shot Borat-style and some of the reactions from people are genuine.
I hereby define the Bren Gun as a type of media. Traditionally very anti-nazi.
I’d add the Sten Mk II S. :)
Downfall.
Anti-Nazi is not supposed to be funny, not in today’s politics. Seeing Nazism for what it is and how Nazis saw themselves is best IMO.