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The article is devoted to the interaction of politics and culture in the education of the III Reich. In the age of mass propaganda (the twentieth century), the Nazis used the technical possibilities for implantation into the consciousness of the young generation of Nazi Ideology. One of the innovative methods of education of the youth was the film industry. The specifics of film originally were due to: comprehensive coverage of recipients of propaganda, entertainment and intriguing storyline. At the same time, for the performance of the actors, in most cases, it has been veiled propaganda of certain values of Nazi ideology. First of all, the Minister of Propaganda and Public Education P.J. Goebbels pointed to the high potential of cinema to attract into the ranks of the Nazi movement the youth of the new formation. To implement an outreach program, a legal framework was developed, providing for the establishment of the Nazi cinema film materials and using for educational purposes in a variety of youth organizations (Hitlerjugend, DAF, BDM). Taking into account that cinema is such a popular and mass means of propaganda, the aim of our research is an analysis of a number of lines of content Nazi films addressed to the younger generation and encourage them to aggressive actions. To achieve the objective there were used: hermeneutic method, the method of analysis of documents and historical-genetic method. The study revealed the following: firstly, the Nazis organized special watching movies for the youth not only in the Reich, but outside (in the framework of aggressive policy of Nazi Germany in the occupied territories). At the same time, young people were given the role of organizers, which certainly gave a sense of belonging and self-worth in terms of political and cultural change. Secondly, storylines of Nazi films containd elements of Nazi ideology, reference examples of historical figures (Frederick II the Great, Karl Peters, Otto von Bismarck), as well as modern «ideal type» member of the Nazi movement (Herbert Norkus, Horst Wessel). Third, the younger generation reaction to Nazi movies, for the most part, was enthusiastic. This information is presented in the memories of witnesses and participants in the political events of 1930-1940 Nazi Germany. In general, we can say that an authoritarian educational system was introduced on a movie screen of III Reich, where young people learned to «weed out» the enemies of the Reich using aggressive methods of struggle, national exclusiveness of other folk culture.