Language:
English
Year of publication:
1993
Titel der Quelle:
Leo Baeck Institute Year Book
Angaben zur Quelle:
38 (1993) 209-219
Keywords:
Hinkel, Hans,
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
A biographical sketch of Hinkel (1901-1960), a member of the Nazi party from 1921, who, as State Commissar for the De-Judaization of Cultural Life in Prussia and, from 1935, supervisor over the Reichskulturkammer and the "non-Aryan cultural activities" in the Reich, became the main expert in Jewish matters in Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry. The policy conducted by Hinkel was aimed at purging Jews from Aryan artistic and cultural institutions; it included censorship of Jewish cultural activities conducted in the framework of the Jüdischer Kulturbund, and promoted the ghettoization of Jewish artistic life. Some of Hinkel's measures might look like protection of Jewish artists, but, in fact, they aimed at calming public opinion in the country and preserving a good image of Germany abroad. In September 1941 the Kulturbund was dissolved and Hinkel's role in Jewish affairs came to an end. He continued to preside over the racial and political purge mechanism of the Reichskulturkammer and undertook special assignments from Goebbels. After 1945, he faded into obscurity.
Note:
Appeared also in "Theatrical Performance during the Holocaust" (1999).
DOI:
10.1093/leobaeck/38.1.209
URL:
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