people such as Arno Breker, Richard Strauss, and Johannes Heesters. During World War II, German film stars supported the war effort by performing for the troops or by collecting money for the German Winter Relief Organization (Winterhilfswerk). Although most of the male stars were exempted from military service, some – such as the popular Heinz Rühmann – participated in the war as soldiers, often accompanied by newsreel film crews. See also List of German films of 1933–1945 List of Nazi propaganda films Cinema of Germany Reichsfilmarchiv (an archive for films created under Nazi rule) Why We Fight, an American answer to Nazi propaganda films during the World War II years Citations References Albrecht, Gerd (1969). Nationalsozialistische Filmpolitik. Munich: Hanser. Spiker, Jürgen (1975). Film und Kapital. Der Weg der deutschen Filmwirtschaft zum nationalsozialistischen Einheitskonzern. Berlin: Volker Spiess. This article is translated from its equivalent on the German Wikipedia'' External Links 1941 - Heimkehr (1h 28m) Cinema of Germany Mass media of Nazi Germany Joseph Goebbels