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215in those parts, he controlled not only the welfare but alsothe political thinking of a large section of the population.He pushed his lines ahead continually and made preparationsfor the final offensive.The inflationary empires went down crashing and thegigantic Stinnes interests became a by-word for fraud afterthe death of the great builder. Hugenberg prospered ingood and bad times alike. During the war he had foundedthe “German Cinema Company” which specialized in horrorsallegedly perpetrated by the Allies. After the war itsupplied the cinema audiences with the launching of Britishbattleships, with the pictures of French soldiers standingguard on the Rhine and with General Ludendorff unveilingwar memorials.When the “Universum Film A. G.,” better known asthe “Ufa,” looked for new masters, Hugenberg induced hisfriends, some of the leaders of the heavy industries, to buythe company. He became its “spiritus rector” and dictator.For a man embarking on the mission of saving Germany‟ssoul, the possession of the most popular film company ofthe Reich must have been an invaluable asset. On the silverscreen socialism could be combated. In this respect, however,Hugenberg has been disappointed. The “Ufa” turnedout to be too great an institution to serve as a tool of superpropaganda.It showed some years ago the most philo-Semitic German picture, the Dreyfus Affair.Much mystery has surrounded Hugenberg‟s TwelveApostles, known as his “national men.” People had suspectedthey were counter-revolutionary generals and mem-