Cabaret under Nazi Regime
A poster announcing a cabaret evening taking place daily in the Wintergarten Theater in Berlin during September, 1938.
A program for cabaret performances at the Alhambra Theater in Prague from January, 1942. While originally the cabaret served as a means to criticize fascist regimes, this is an example of a cabaret working in the service of the regime rather than subverting it. Among the artists featured in this program is Olly van Dyk who has just recently returned from a tour performing for Nazi soldiers in occupied lands. She and her ensemble members were, according to the program, “always housed in solider quarters and fed from the field-kitchen, which made them feel like soldiers themselves.”
