SV: AW: "Wie Micky unter die Nazis fiel"

[Sigvald Grøsfjeld jr.]

Cord Wiljes <cord at wiljes.de>

> - in 1927, one year before (!) Mickey's birth,
> "Trolley Troubles" (a Silly Symphony) was the
> first Disney film which
> was imported into Germany
> - in 1928 all 25 Oswald films and several Alice
> films were imported
> - in 1929 Mickey Mouse tin toys were produced
> by a German company
> (unlicensed)
> - in 1930 the first Mickey Mouse features were
> imported (The Barnyard
> Dance, Steamboat Willie)
> - until 1935 a lot of Disney films were imported
> - after 1935 no more licences were give to
> Germany. The old films were
> still shown (mostly illegally)
> - in 1936 the Nazis started to forbid sending
> money abroad so Disney had
> problems getting their royalties. In the end
> they lost around 250.000
> Reichsmark of royalties.
> - On Dec 22 of 1937 Joseph Goebbels wrote into
> his diary: "I will give 30 films of the last 4
> years und 18 Mickey Mouse films to the Führer
> for christmas. He is happy about this treasure
> which hopefully will give him much fun and
> recreation."
> - in 1938 (according to her memoirs) Leni
> Riefenstahl visited Walt
> Disney. Disney wanted to but could not see her
> Olympia film because he
> feared that this might get public
> - even after the start of WW II in 1939 Disney
> films were shown in
> German cinemas
> - in February 1940 a translated (!) copy of
> Snow White was added the the Reichsfilm
> archive - but never shown publicly
> - 1941 to 1945 Disney films were forbidden

Aha! So there may be a historical reasons why the German Weekly, unlike it's
Scandinavian counterparts, is named "Mickey Mouse" in stead of "Donald
Duck"?

Sigvald :-)