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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813846903321

Autore

Kater Michael H. <1937->

Titolo

Culture in Nazi Germany / / Michael H. Kater

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

0-300-24511-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (489 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

700.943

Soggetti

Arts, German - 20th century

National socialism and art - Germany

Arts and society - Germany - History - 20th century

History

Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-432) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE. Deconstructing Modernism -- CHAPTER TWO. Pre-War Nazi Culture -- CHAPTER THREE. Jews in the Nazi Cultural Establishment -- CHAPTER FOUR. War and Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Culture -- CHAPTER FIVE. Artist Émigrés -- CHAPTER SIX. Transfer Beyond Zero Hour, May 1945 -- CONCLUSION: Culture in Three Tyrannies -- Notes -- Archival Sources -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

A fresh and insightful history of how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed under the Nazis 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.