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According to Jack Warner in his autobiography, prior to the United States entering World War II, the head of Warner Bros. sales in Germany, Philip Kauffman, was murdered by the Nazis in Berlin in 1936.

Harry Warner produced the successful anti-German film The Life of Emile Zola ( 1937 ).

After that, Harry supervised the production of several more anti-German films, including Confessions of a Nazi Spy ( 1939 ), The Sea Hawk ( 1940 ), which made King Phillip II an equivalent of Hitler, Sergeant York, and You're In The Army Now ( 1941 ).

After the United States officially entered World War II, Harry Warner decided to focus on producing war films.

Also, one-fourth of the studio's employees, including Jack Warner and his son Jack Jr., were drafted or enlisted.