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The Use of Music as a Propaganda Tool by the Nazis

The Use of Music as a Propaganda Tool by the Nazis.

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The Use of Music as a Propaganda Tool by the Nazis

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  1. The Use of Music as a Propaganda Tool by the Nazis

  2. Under the Nazi regime, all music produced had to fit within certain standards defined as "good" German music. Suppression of specific artists and their works was common, yet musicians were permitted limited artistic freedom. The Nazis attempted to create a balance between censorship and creativity in music to appease the German people.

  3. This blend of art and politics led to a three-prong policy regarding musicians and artists: • Loyal Nazi members who were talented musicians were guaranteed a job. • Loyal Nazi members who were not talented musicians were not guaranteed a job. • Any non-Jewish person who demonstrated a "genius" for music and was a member of the Reichsmusikkammer (Reich Music Chamber) was permitted employment. This exception in policy permitted musicians like conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler and composer Richard Strauss to continue working.

  4. According to Hitler and Goebbels (Hitler's second in command), the three master composers that represented good German music were Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner, and Anton Bruckner. All three composers lived prior to the 20th century.

  5. The Use of Propaganda in Film

  6. Although used previously, the 1930s and 40s are arguably the Golden Age of Propaganda in Film. • Largely attributable to the rise of fascist dictatorships in Italy and Germany.

  7. Nazi Film Propaganda • Nazi control of the German film industry is the most extreme example of the use of propaganda film. • The Nazis created many propaganda films, including: • The Wandering Jew, which claimed to be a documentary and depicted the Jewish world as consisting of greedy barbarians putting on a front for civilized European society. • During this time Leni Riefenstahl, a filmmaker working in Nazi Germany created one of the best-known propaganda movies, Triumph of the Will, a film commissioned by Hitler to chronicle the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg.

  8. American Film Propaganda • In the United States during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized that the direct style of propaganda used by the Nazis would not win over the American public. • FDR pressured the industry into helping the war effort by assigning a gov’t employee to persuade the movie industry to "insert morale-building and citizenry arousing themes in its films by all means possible.“ • Some examples of American propaganda films include: • Why We Fight (1942-5) • The Great Dictator (1940), in which Charlie Chaplin played a caricature of Hitler.

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