Learning on ScreenStory of Elisabeth Nietzche, The
- Synopsis
- The story of Elisabeth Nietzsche, sister of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
1: Along with Bernard Forster, Elizabeth Nietzsche founded New Germany, an Aryan community in Paraguay, over a century ago. Shows the current inhabitants, a blond, blue-eyed people who speak the same Saxon as their ancestors.
2: Later, Nietzsche twisted her brother’s philosophy to give credence to Hitler and Mussolini. Uses material from the Nietzsche Archive to follow her rise to power in the Third Reich. - Series
- Timewatch, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1992
- Availability
- Sale; 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) both parts
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 from 1 Apr 1994.
- Subjects
- History
- Keywords
- Fascism; Hitler, Adolf; Nazi Germany; Nietzsche, Elisabeth; Nietzsche, Friedrich; philosophical investigation
Credits
- Producer
- Candida Pryce-Jones
- Contributor
- Roy Davies
Sections
- Title
- Forgotten fatherland
- Synopsis
- 1: Along with Bernard Forster, Elizabeth Nietzsche founded New Germany, an Aryan community in Paraguay, over a century ago. Shows the current inhabitants, a blond, blue-eyed people who speak the same Saxon as their ancestors.
- Title
- Mother of the fatherland
- Synopsis
- 2: Later, Nietzsche twisted her brother's philosophy to give credence to Hitler and Mussolini. Uses material from the Nietzsche Archive to follow her rise to power in the Third Reich.
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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