Hitler – Beast of Berlin (1939) was one of the most popular "hiss and boo" films of the World War II era, based on the novel Goose Step by Shepard Traube (1907–1983).

After an inadvertent betrayal, the husband is thrown into a concentration camp, from which he escapes to Switzerland.

It was recut and released as Beasts of Berlin the same year, having been banned in New York as too inflammatory at the time.

Film Daily described it as a "well done film, amazingly well done in view of the actual amount of time and money spent in its production," while Variety judged it an "artistic failure, for its attacks on the Nazi regime merely scratch the surface without ever even hinting at the fundamental evils of Nazism.

"[3][4][5][6][7] James G. Stahlman, the president and publisher of the Nashville Banner, wrote an unusual editorial in advance of the film's release, calling for it to be banned because it might inflame public emotions on the subject of Nazism.