"Das dumme Gänslein" (The Silly Goose) is one of three German animated short films produced in 1944 by Hans Fischerkoesen, who served as the chief animator and author. It tells the story of a female goose, bored with her countryside life and yearning for adventure and urban glamour, who must be rescued from a cunning fox by her friends and family. The tale's moral warns against extravagance and reckless adventure due to their unforeseen consequences, promoting instead the ideal of a 'normal' German family life. The animation carries an underlying theme of Nazi propaganda. It symbolizes the Völkisch ideology's emphasis on traditional conformity, illustrating the notion that a woman's primary role was to bear 'true' German children, rejecting individualism and sexual transgression. It conveys that deviating from the traditional German lifestyle could lead to dire consequences, even death. This aligns with the Nazi policy of fear, where those who opposed the regime or were deemed asocial faced punishment, potentially culminating in their death. The film also indirectly incorporates anti-Semitism through its portrayal of the cunning fox character.