- Summary
- 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 propaganda machine that promoted the cause of Germany's military campaigns. Michael H. Kater's engaging and deeply researched account of artistic culture within Nazi Germany considers how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed when the Nazis came to power. With a broad purview that ranges widely across music, literature, film, theater, the press, and visual arts, Kater details the struggle between creative autonomy and political control as he looks at what became of German artists and their work both during and subsequent to Nazi rule.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Kater, Michael H., 1937- author.
- Published
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
©2019
- Locale
- Germany
- Contents
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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.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-432) and index.
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.
