Comparison Of Japanese Relocation And The Eternal Jew

The filmmakers of Japanese Relocation and The Eternal Jew had similar intentions for their films although they used different approaches to show the message. They are both World War II propaganda documentary films designed to educate their audience about what was happening in their country during the war. The intent of Japanese Relocation intention was to inform people about the Japanese-American communities in the United States, while The Eternal Jew's was to inform people about how evil the Jews were in Europe. Both films share a similar shooting style, however the message about the subjects is completely opposite from each other.

Japanese Relocation is a short film produced by the American government film with the intention to inform

The Eternal Jew is narrated by a voice-of-god throughout the entire feature and displays b-roll of the Jews daily like in the ghetto. The approach was opposite from Japanese Relocation by how the narrator discussed the subjects, however, were both similar in style it was shot in. The narrator dehumanizes the Jews and delivers false information about the Jews and what they believed in. For examples the film mentions that the Jews only cared about making money and that they do not like to work, so they sell things. Unhappy Jews are shown working by moving stones from one pile to the next while the narrator explains they do not like to work. The job they were doing was a pointless job the Nazi's made the Jews do. Then the film cuts to them in their “natural” environment bartering for goods in the street. The narrator informs the viewers that they barter because they enjoy it, not because there are insufficient goods to go around in the ghetto. In another example, The film shows a woman receiving a bundle with one shoe on top because they were only allowed to bring one bag of personal property with them to the ghetto trading was necessary. In the middle of The Eternal Jew, the narrator explains where the Jews came from by displaying a map with arrows pointing to where they had moved over the years. The map then changes to show rats coming from the same area the Jews did and how they spread with them. Comparing Jews to rats implies they both bring parasites and diseases to where ever they go as well as destroying everything man made in their