# Your Job in Germany > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Your_Job_in_Germany > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Your_Job_in_Germany.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Job_in_Germany > Source revision: 1346788537 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1945 film by Frank Capra Your Job in Germany Directed by Frank Capra (uncredited) Written by Theodor S. Geisel (uncredited) Narrated by Dana Andrews Release date 1945 (1945) Running time 12 minutes 49 seconds Country United States Language English ***Your Job In Germany*** is a [short film](/source/Short_film) made for the [United States War Department](/source/United_States_War_Department) in 1945 just before [Victory in Europe Day](/source/Victory_in_Europe_Day) (VE). It was shown to US soldiers about to go on [occupation duty in Germany](/source/Allied-occupied_Germany). The film was made by the military film unit commanded by [Frank Capra](/source/Frank_Capra) and was written by Theodor Geisel,[1] better known by his pen name [Dr. Seuss](/source/Dr._Seuss). The narration is by [Dana Andrews](/source/Dana_Andrews). ## Content *Your Job in Germany* The film was produced by the [US Army Signal Corps](/source/US_Army_Signal_Corps). It was criticized by one commentator as a "bitter and angry [anti-German](/source/Anti-German_sentiment) propaganda film" that characterized the post-war German mind as "diseased".[2] The film urged against [fraternization](/source/Fraternization) with the [German people](/source/German_people), who are portrayed as thoroughly untrustworthy. It reminds its viewers of [Germany](/source/Germany)'s history of aggression, under "[Fuehrer](/source/Fuehrer) Number 1" [Otto von Bismarck](/source/Otto_von_Bismarck), "Fuehrer Number 2" [Kaiser Wilhelm II](/source/Kaiser_Wilhelm_II) and "Fuehrer Number 3" [Adolf Hitler](/source/Adolf_Hitler). It argues that the German youth are especially dangerous because they had spent their entire lives under the [Nazi](/source/Nazi) regime. The policy of [non-fraternisation](/source/Fraternization#Military_non-fraternization) – where US soldiers were forbidden to speak even to small children – was first announced to the soldiers in the film: The [Nazi party](/source/Nazi_party) may be gone, but Nazi thinking, Nazi training and Nazi trickery remains. The German lust for conquest is not dead. ... You will not argue with them. You will not be friendly. ... There will be no fraternization with any of the German people.[3] The basic theme that the German people could not be trusted derived from the peace policy that emerged from the [Second Quebec Conference](/source/Second_Quebec_Conference).[3] ## Reception The movie was first screened to the top US generals, including [Dwight D. Eisenhower](/source/Dwight_D._Eisenhower) and [John C. H. Lee](/source/John_C._H._Lee). [George Patton](/source/George_Patton) reportedly walked out of the screening he attended, saying "Bullshit!"[3] ## *Hitler Lives* Jack Warner, head of [Warner Brothers](/source/Warner_Brothers), subsequently secured the rights to the movie and turned it into the short documentary *[Hitler Lives](/source/Hitler_Lives)*, which was released commercially on December 29, 1945, and won the 1946 [Academy Award (Oscar) for Documentary Short Subject](/source/Academy_Award_for_Documentary_Short_Subject).[2][4] ## In popular culture Numerous sentences from the film's narration are incorporated [verbatim](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verbatim) as lyrics in the single "Don't Argue" by [Cabaret Voltaire](/source/Cabaret_Voltaire_(band)) from their studio album *[Code](/source/Code_(album))* (1987).[5] ## See also - *[Our Job in Japan](/source/Our_Job_in_Japan)*, a companion film to *Your Job In Germany* also written by Geisel - *[Here Is Germany](/source/Here_Is_Germany)* - *[Death Mills](/source/Death_Mills)* - [List of Allied propaganda films of World War II](/source/List_of_Allied_propaganda_films_of_World_War_II) - [Sonderweg](/source/Sonderweg) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Morgan_1-0)** Morgan, Judith; Morgan, Neil (1995). [*Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel*](https://archive.org/details/drseussmrgeisel00morg/page/110). [Random House](/source/Random_House). pp. [110–113](https://archive.org/details/drseussmrgeisel00morg/page/110). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-679-41686-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-679-41686-2). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Robert_Niemi_p.84_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Robert_Niemi_p.84_2-1) Robert Niemi, "History in the media: film and television history in the media", p.84 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Judith_Morgan_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Judith_Morgan_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Judith_Morgan_3-2) Judith Morgan, Neil Morgan, *Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel: a biography*, p. 111–113. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Todd Peterson, "Theodor Seuss Geisel: author and illustrator", p.47. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Hollings, Ken (January 2002). ["Cabaret Voltaire"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080424093842/http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/212/print). *[The Wire](/source/The_Wire_(magazine))* (215). Archived from [the original](http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/212/print) on April 24, 2008. Retrieved November 24, 2011. ## External links - [*Your Job in Germany*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038264/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - The short film [*Your Job In Germany (1945)*](https://archive.org/details/YourJobInGermany1945) is available for free viewing and download at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive). - [Online version of film](http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/document/8285/nachkriegspropaganda.html?d=IMAGE%2CSPON_VIDEO%2CPDF&k=capra&f=ORIGINAL_PUBLICATIONDATE&o=DESCENDING&s=0&r=24&z=24&cp=0&c=1) at *Der Spiegel* website. v t e Dr. Seuss Characters The Grinch Horton the Elephant Bartholomew Cubbins Bibliography And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins The King's Stilts The Seven Lady Godivas Horton Hatches the Egg McElligot's Pool Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose Bartholomew and the Oobleck If I Ran the Zoo Scrambled Eggs Super! Horton Hears a Who! On Beyond Zebra! If I Ran the Circus The Cat in the Hat How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Cat in the Hat Comes Back Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories Happy Birthday to You! One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Green Eggs and Ham The Sneetches and Other Stories Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book Hop on Pop Dr. Seuss's ABC Fox in Socks I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew I Wish That I Had Duck Feet 1 Come over to My House 1 The Foot Book I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories My Book about ME Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?: Dr. Seuss's Book of Wonderful Noises! The Lorax Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? The Shape of Me and Other Stuff There's a Wocket in My Pocket! Great Day for Up! Wacky Wednesday 1 Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! The Cat's Quizzer I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! Oh Say Can You Say? Hunches in Bunches The Butter Battle Book You're Only Old Once! I Am Not Going to Get Up Today! Oh, the Places You'll Go! Daisy-Head Mayzie 2 My Many Colored Days 2 Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! 2 The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories 2 Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories 2 What Pet Should I Get? 2 Horse Museum 2 Sing the 50 United States! 2 Adaptations Television series The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996–1998) Gerald McBoing-Boing (2005–2007) The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2010–2018) episodes Green Eggs and Ham (2019–2022) Television specials How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) Horton Hears a Who! (1970) The Cat in the Hat (1971) The Lorax (1972) Dr. Seuss on the Loose (1973) The Hoober-Bloob Highway (1975) Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977) Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? (1980) The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982) In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994) Film Horton Hatches the Egg (short; 1942) Gerald McBoing-Boing (short; 1950) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) The Cat in the Hat (2003) Horton Hears a Who! (2008) The Lorax (2012) The Grinch (2018) The Cat in the Hat (2026; upcoming) Video games Dr. Seuss' Fix-Up the Mix-Up Puzzler (1984) The Grinch Game Boy Color (2000) The Cat in the Hat (2003) Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2007) Other media Welcome (Russian short film) Seussical (musical) Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" (song) The Cat in the Hat (play) The Lorax (musical) Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical Live! (musical) The Cat in the Hat (musical) Dr. Seuss's ABC (musical) Other works Private Snafu The Pocket Book of Boners Your Job in Germany Our Job in Japan Design for Death The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Hejji Society of Red Tape Cutters Flit Related Helen Palmer (first wife) A Fish Out of Water Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum Beginner Books Dr. Seuss Enters., L.P. v. Penguin Books USA, Inc. Dr. Seuss Goes to War The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss National Memorial Geisel Award Geisel Library Geisel School of Medicine PM Political messages of Dr. Seuss Read Across America Seuss Landing 1 as "Theo. LeSieg". 2 Posthumous. v t e Frank Capra Filmography Films directed Fultah Fisher's Boarding House (1922) The Strong Man (1926) Long Pants (1927) For the Love of Mike (1927) That Certain Thing (1928) So This Is Love? (1928) The Matinee Idol (1928) The Way of the Strong (1928) Say It with Sables (1928) The Power of the Press (1928) Submarine (1928) The Younger Generation (1929) The Donovan Affair (1929) Flight (1929) Ladies of Leisure (1930) Rain or Shine (1930) Dirigible (1931) The Miracle Woman (1931) Platinum Blonde (1931) Forbidden (1932) American Madness (1932) The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) Lady for a Day (1933) It Happened One Night (1934) Broadway Bill (1934) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) Lost Horizon (1937) You Can't Take It with You (1938) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Meet John Doe (1941) Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) State of the Union (1948) Riding High (1950) Here Comes the Groom (1951) A Hole in the Head (1959) Pocketful of Miracles (1961) Why We Fight series Prelude to War (1942) The Nazis Strike (1943) Divide and Conquer (1943) The Battle of Britain (1943) The Battle of Russia (1943) The Battle of China (1944) War Comes to America (1945) Other works Know Your Enemy: Japan Here Is Germany Tunisian Victory Your Job in Germany Two Down and One to Go The Negro Soldier Army–Navy Screen Magazine The Fallbrook Story The Bell System Science Series Our Mr. Sun Hemo the Magnificent Rendezvous in Space Related Bibliography Liberty Films Frank Capra Jr. (son) Five Came Back (2017 documentary) Frank Capra: Mr. America (2023 documentary) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Your Job in Germany](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Job_in_Germany) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Job_in_Germany?action=history)). 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