May 15, 1943 –
The Looney Tunes short, Tokio Jokio, (a propaganda short during World War II,) directed by Norman McCabe, debuted on this date. The cartoon is no longer shown due to its offensive racist depictions.
The character “Lord Haw Haw” was a caricature of a real person. William Joyce, an American-born Nazi propagandist who had moved to Ireland and then to England before moving on to Nazi Germany in order to support the fascist Nazi Government.
The Haus of Dcaligari 