If there was ever a documentary that could bore someone to death, Triumph of the Will would do the job. I found myself completely distracted and bored within the first ten minutes. I really did try to open my mind to this documentary, knowing it's proven power, and my strong distaste for Adolf Hitler. I was curious to see if it could change my opinion at all. It did not. I saw right past his high and mighty crap and saw the true heartless dictator that he truly was.
Sure this video does not, by any means, show the ruthless acts that he committed toward the Jewish people. No, they chose to leave out that part of the truth and only include the ways that Hitler moved a crowd and the way the children cried of happiness as he walked through the streets of Germany. But with the swastika imprinted on every uniform, I couldn't help but cringe and realize that it wasn't just innocent Jewish people that Hitler and his army were terrorizing, they were also my ancestors. Yet the people of Germany idolized Hitler and thought he was doing a deed. As if he was an angel. People would watch this video and only see the good in Hitler and ignore the terrible things he did. After seeing this video I see how people could have been manipulated back when this was relevant. Now, people wouldn't watch this documentary for more than ten minutes and it wouldn't have nearly the same effect it did back then.
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