Culture in Nazi Germany

Culture in Nazi Germany / Michael H. Kater.

Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. In the years preceding WWII, a wide variety of artistic forms were used to instill a Nazi ideology in the German people and to manipulate the public perception of Hitler's enemies. During the war, the arts were closely tied to the p...

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Main Author: Kater, Michael H., 1937- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Arts, German > 20th century.
National socialism and art > Germany.
Arts and society > Germany > History > 20th century.
Culture > 20th century.
ART > Performance.
ART > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Arts and society
Arts, German
Culture
National socialism and art
Germany
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Deconstructing modernism : A purge of the Weimar era ; New Nazi controls ; The quarrel over expressionism ; Exhibitions of degenerate art and music
  • Pre-war Nazi culture : The propaganda ministry and culture ; Literature ; The press and radio ; Film and stage ; Music ; The visual arts and architecture ; An interim accounting
  • Jews in the Nazi cultural establishment : Anti-Jewish measures ; The Jewish Culture League ; Anti-Semitism in the Nazi arts ; Human tragedies
  • War and public opinion, propaganda, and culture : Movies for guidance, indoctrination, and distraction ; The communication arts: radio, press, and newsreels ; Music and theater in the service of the war ; Book and sword ; Art and architecture ; Culture to the fronts
  • Artist émigrés : Political, economic, and psychological barriers ; False refugees? ; The case of Thomas Mann
  • Transfer beyond Zero hour, May 1945 : The demise of culture ; Beyond zero hour ; Conjured victimhood ; The "inner emigrants" ; Make-believe resisters
  • Conclusion : Culture in three tyrannies.

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