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Welcome to my first wiki-space created for EDSS471 History Curriculum and teaching II. This is a university assignment on HSC Modern History Syllabus for N.S.W. The Purpose of this wiki-space is for students in HSC Modern History who are doing a personality study on Leni Riefenstahl. Navigation will be kept simple, with this introduction page, a content page, and a reference/links page.

Students gain an understanding of the role of this personality in a period of national or international history.
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– growth of German cinema in Weimar Germany – rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party – the Berlin Olympics – post-war de-Nazification – family background and education – early career as dancer and film actor – direction of ‘The Blue Light’ 1932 – 1933 meeting with Hitler at Wilmershaven – ban on Jews working in the film industry – commission for ‘Victory of Faith’ (Nazi Party rally 1933) – relationship with Hitler – ‘Triumph of the Will’ and ‘Berlin Olympiad’ – international honours and criticism – post-war arrest <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT','sans-serif';">– 1960s Nuba photography <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT','sans-serif';">– controversies in later life <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT','sans-serif';">– evaluation: for example Nazi propagandist, feminist pioneer?
 * <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT','sans-serif';">Students learn about: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT','sans-serif';">1 Historical context **
 * <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT','sans-serif';">2 Background **
 * <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT','sans-serif';">3 Rise to prominence **
 * <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT','sans-serif';">4 Significance and evaluation **

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<span style="font-family: 'ArialMT','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">[|http://www.webster.edu/~barrettb/riefenstahl.htm] <span style="font-family: 'ArialMT','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">[|http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/Holocaust/riefenstahl.html] <span style="font-family: 'ArialMT','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">[]

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