Jewish Art in Nazi Germany: The Jewish Cultural League in Bavaria

ISBN-13: 9780367749309 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 220 str.

Dana Smith

Opis

This book provides a social and cultural history of Jewish art in Nazi Germany, with a focus on the Jewish artists, art critics, and audiences in Nazi Bavaria.

Spis treści

Introduction   Part One 1933-1935  1. Jewish Exclusion from the ‘German’ Cultural Sphere: Impact and Responses  2. Kultur and Bund: The Theory and Frameworks of ‘Jewish’ Culture in Bavaria  3. Jewish Music and ‘the Most German of the Arts:’ Liturgy, Folk Music, and Mendelssohn  4. The ‘Kulturbund’ and the Kunststadt:’ Visual Arts in Nazi Bavaria  Part Two 1935-1938  5. From Munich to Berlin: The Loss of Regional Autonomy and a National Jewish Cultural League  6. A Bavarian Musical Department without Bavarian Musicians: Repertoire, Artists, and Venues  7. Bavarian Visual Artists within the National and Regional Context: Exhibitions and Marionettes  8. The Final Curtain: Emigration, Poverty, and ‘Liquidation’  Epilogue  Conclusion

O autorze

Dana Smith is an assistant professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Keene State College, in Keene, New Hampshire. Her research interests include German Jewish history, Holocaust studies, and cultural histories of the Third Reich.