Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

Preface

1 DECONSTRUCTING MODERNISM

A Purge of the Weimar EraNew Nazi ControlsThe Quarrel over ExpressionismExhibitions of Degenerate Art and Music

2 PRE-WAR NAZI CULTURE

The Propaganda Ministry and CultureLiteratureThe Press and RadioFilm and StageMusicThe Visual Arts and ArchitectureAn Interim Accounting

3 JEWS IN THE NAZI CULTURAL ESTABLISHMENT

Anti-Jewish MeasuresThe Jewish Culture LeagueAnti-Semitism in the Nazi ArtsHuman Tragedies

4 WAR AND PUBLIC OPINION, PROPAGANDA, AND CULTURE

Movies for Guidance, Indoctrination, and DistractionThe Communication Arts: Radio, Press, and NewsreelsMusic and Theater in the Service of WarBook and SwordArt and ArchitectureCulture to the Fronts

5 ARTIST ÉMIGRÉS

Political, Economic, and Psychological BarriersFalse Refugees?The Case of Thomas Mann

6 TRANSFER BEYOND ZERO HOUR, MAY 1945

The Demise of CultureBeyond Zero HourConjured VictimhoodThe “Inner Emigrants”Make-Believe Resisters

CONCLUSION: CULTURE IN THREE TYRANNIES

Notes

Archival Sources

Bibliography

Index