Nazisploitation

Nazisploitation

English

Etymology

Nazi +‎ -sploitation

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

Noun

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, Nathan Lee, "Nazisploitation Making a Comeback", The New York Times, 14 August 2008:

     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, editor, 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, editor, 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.

Further reading

• Nazisploitation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia