Acknowledgments

Numerous persons have contributed to the making of this book. It is a pleasure to acknowledge my indebtedness to them for counsel, support, and criticism.

For assistance with sources and helpfulness in other ways I would like to thank the staff of the Bundesarchiv in Koblenz, Potsdam (formerly the Zentrales Staatsarchiv) and Berlin (formerly the Staatliches Filmarchiv der DDR), and of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach; Wolfgang Jacobsen and Werner Sudendorf of the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin; Robert Fischer of the Landesbildstelle Berlin; Eberhard Spiess of the Deutsches Institut für Filmkunde, Frankfurt a.M.; Hans Bohrmann of the Institut für Zeitungsforschung, Dortmund; Katherine Loughney of the Motion Picture Division of the Library of Congress, Washington; Leith Adams of the Warner Bros. Archive, Los Angeles.

For the inspiration of their own scholarship as well as the benefit of their suggestions and encouragement I am grate ful to Sabine Hake, Victoria de Grazia, Thomas Elsaesser, Eric Rentschler, Gary Stark, Denise Youngblood, and especially Anton Kaes. I have also appreciated the support of my colleagues in the department of history at the University of Victoria. The friendship and hospitality of Annette and Heinrich Bader, Christina and Klaus Dordel, and Kathy and Christian Methner have made visits to Germany pleasurable as well as profitable.

Special thanks are due Modris Eksteins, who supervised the dissertation upon which this study is based. To his patience, encouragement and wisdom no less than his model as a scholar I owe a great deal more than an acknowledgment can repay.

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the President’s Committee on Faculty Research and Travel at the University of Victoria generously provided funds which made this project possible. The Journal of European Studies has graciously permitted the use in chapter six of material originally published in volume 17 of the journal. Edward Dimendberg and Rebecca Frazier at the University of California Press have been friendly and helpful in seeing the manuscript through the publication process.

My wife, who for too many years has endured the manuscript in everything from my state of distraction to my absences, and has not only maintained her sense of humor but has also helped to maintain mine, cannot be adequately thanked. I acknowledge her support with deep gratitude.

This book is dedicated to David Mundell, who to my great sadness did not live to see it completed. His sometimes skeptical questioning in its early phases was as much a source of inspiration as his friendship and his faith in me.

T. J. S.
University of Victoria