Language:
English
Year of publication:
1989
Titel der Quelle:
American Historical Review
Angaben zur Quelle:
94,1 (1989) 11-43
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in music
;
Jews History 1933-1939
Abstract:
According to Nazi ideology, jazz was an inferior form of music, due to its use of improvization and unsuitability for propaganda purposes, and its creators were labelled "degenerate" Blacks and Jews. Nevertheless, because of its popularity, the regime was unable to suppress it - a failure which demonstrates the limitations of social controls, even in totalitarian Germany. In 1935, following antisemitic legislation, the Reich Broadcast Chamber issued a general prohibition on jazz on the radio and tried to ban appearances by Jewish musicians, many of whom emigrated. Even after 1939, the regime was forced to tolerate jazz as entertainment for the troops, and some jazz was played on the radio in order to discourage listening to foreign radio stations.
Note:
On jazz perceived as a "Jewish and black art" in Nazi Germany.
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