Nazisploitation

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English

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Etymology

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From Nazi +‎ -sploitation.

Poster for the Nazisploitation film Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS.

Noun

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Nazisploitation (uncountable)

  1. (film) A subgenre of exploitation film that involves villainous Nazis committing criminal acts of a sexual nature, typically against people held in their concentration camps and prisons during World War II.
    • 2008 August 14, Nathan Lee, “Nazisploitation Making a Comeback”, in The New York Times:
      You should see “Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS,” the notorious sleazefest now considered a touchstone of the Nazisploitation craze of the 1970s.
    • 2010, Claire M. Hall, “Where Does Evil Sit in the Classroom?: Problematizing Teaching about Hitler, Nasty Nazis, and the Holocaust”, in Sara Buttsworth, Maartje M. Abbenhuis, editors, Monsters in the Mirror: Representations of Nazism in Post-war Popular Culture, Praeger, →ISBN, page 227:
      As a result, Nazisploitation has ensured that Nazi evil has had an impressive staying power.
    • 2012, Benedikt Eppenberger, “Eine Armee Gretchen: Nazisploitation Made in Switzerland”, in Daniel H. Magilow, Elizabeth Bridges, Kristin T. Vander Lugt, editors, Nazisploitation!: The Nazi Image in Low-Brow Cinema and Culture, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 155:
      In general, Nazisploitation movies encompass those that use the fascination of Nazi imagery, ideology, symbols and artifacts to increase its commercial appeal.

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