W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 1998 The Enduring Villain: Germans as Nazi Stereotypes in American Cinema Christine Lokotsch Aube College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the American Studies Commons, and the Film and Media Studies Commons Recommended Citation Aube, Christine Lokotsch, "The Enduring Villain: Germans as Nazi Stereotypes in American Cinema" (1998). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539626154. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-qfxe-y652 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE ENDURING VILLAIN: GERMANS AS NAZI STEREOTYPES IN AMERICAN CINEMA A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of American Studies The College of William and Mary in Virginia In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Christine Lokotsch Aube 1998 APPROVAL SHEET This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Author Approved, December 1908 Arthi Christy Bums nnifer /Taylor ii To my parents and my husband, without whom none of this would have been possible. TABLE OF CONTENTS \ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v ABSTRACT vi INTRODUCTION 2 CHAPTER I. HOLLYWOOD’S STEREOTYPICAL GERMAN THROUGH WORLD WAR II 10 CHAPTER II. NAZI STEREOTYPES IN ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S MOVIES 38 CHAPTER III.