"Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi" is a 10-minute movie by Disney from 1942, the years of World War II. Propaganda was actually truly common back then, especially in animated short films. However, it is rather rare that this is not included in films with very famous cartoon characters ("Blitz Wolf", "Der Fuehrer's Face"), but that characters appear that only appear in this film here. This would be Hans. We follow his path from a little boy to a fully-grown man and soldier. As usual with Disney, there is comedy in here, but this one also has great drama and tragedy. We find out how the Nazis deal with the sick and weak, we find out about their take on un-Aryan art (music in this case) and about many other of their approaches. Hitler must have hated this film if he saw it. The final shot is a very moving one. The narrator in here basically translates the German dialogs by the cartoon characters, so it's easy to understand if you are not a German native. A really good cartoon and I highly recommend it to everybody with an interest in 20th century history and animation. Thumbs up.

Whenever you think of Disney, you think of sweetness, syrup on sugar and other senemental stuff. Not so with this short nor any of the other shorts that were featured on "Disney's on the Front Lines"."Education for Death" deals with a child named Hans, whom is pure Aryan, growing up on Nazi idealogy. When he shows sympathy, he is immediately punished. Later, he grows up into a Nazi soldier and becomes as brutal and heartless as the rest of his fellow classmates. No happy ending follows either, which is a relief, since most of Disney movies end happily ever after.Watch for the fairy tale scene with Hitler rescuing a fat girl depicting Germany. That scene is priceless.

Watching this film for the first time, I was completely unprepared as to just how scary and graphic this film was going to be. I can see why this film is still banned and not allowed to be shown on television- it shows all Germans as horrible, hateful beasts, which isn't true. The scene in which the Bible changes into a copy of Mein Kamph and the crucifix changes into a sword and a swastika is especially frightening. It is an interesting film, however, it should only be viewed by older people, as it would frighten young children. If you manage to find a copy, see it; but be forewarned: make sure the toddlers are out of the room.

I'll keep it simple. This is a portrayal of one of the cutest children in all of Disney as he is educated to hate and death by Nazi propaganda. Effectively bone chilling, this hateful cartoon served its purpose to motivate Americans to consider their moral superiority gleaned from a free education system.