Table of Contents
List of Illustrations ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Preface xiv
1 Deconstructing Modernism 1
A Purge of the Weimar Era
New Nazi Controls
The Quarrel over Expressionism
Exhibitions of Degenerate Art and Music
2 Pre-War Nazi Culture 54
The Propaganda Ministry and Culture
Literature
The Press and Radio
Film and Stage
Music
The Visual Arts and Architecture
An Interim Accounting
3 Jews in the Nazi Cultural Establishment 128
Anti-Jewish Measures
The Jewish Culture League
Anti-Semitism in the Nazi Arts
Human Tragedies
4 War and Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Culture 172
Movies for Guidance, Indoctrination, and Distraction
The Communication Arts: Radio, Press, and Newsreels
Music and Theater in the Service of War
Book and Sword
Art and Architecture
Culture to the Fronts
5 Artist Émigrés 248
Political, Economic, and Psychological Barriers
False Refugees?
The Case of Thomas Mann
6 Transfer Beyond Zero Hour, May 1945 299
The Demise of Culture
Beyond Zero Hour
Conjured Victimhood
The "Inner Emigrants"
Make-Believe Resisters
Conclusion: Culture in Three Tyrannies 330
Notes 341
Archival Sources 393
Bibliography 395
Index 433