The Program as Advertisement: Art and Propaganda in Concert and Theater Programs, Exhibition Catalogues, and Brochures in Germany 1913-1961 Main Menu Art and the Program Documenting Cultural Events in Germany Before, During, and After the Nazi Era Germany Before World War I: The Munich Folk Theater and its History Germany Before World War I: The Munich Folk Theater and its History World War I and the Weimar Republic Concerts, Opera, and Music Theater Programs in Germany Between 1933 and 1945 Song and Choir Sheet Music of the New Community Song and Choir Sheet Music of the New Community, content Culture League of German Jews 1933/4 Culture League of German Jews 1933/4 Invitations, Posters, and Advertisements Cabaret under Nazi Regime Cabaret under Nazi Regime The "Great German Art Exhibition" and the "Degenerate Art" Exhibition The "Great German Art Exhibition" and the "Degenerate Art" Exhibition Old Household Goods - Old Folk Art Old Household Goods - Old Folk Art A Glimpse from the Outside: German Publications Reviewed by the "Friends of Europe" Periodical A Glimpse from the Outside: German Publications Reviewed by the "Friends of Europe" Periodical Post-war Germany, 1945-1949 Post-war Germany, 1945-1949 Wagner Performances in Post-war Germany Wagner Performances in Post-war Germany Exiles Return: Brecht and Weill's Threepenny Opera in Post-war Germany Exiles Return: Brecht and Weill's Threepenny Opera in Post-war Germany

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19641 Art and the Program Documenting Cultural Events in Germany Before, During, and After the Nazi Era
By observing programs of musical and theatrical performances as well as brochures and catalogues of art exhibitions from before, during, and after the Nazi Era, this online exhibit explored the ability of such documents to serve as carries of ideology. This project concentrated on programs and catalogues from the Nazi Era, compared them to similar materials from the periods before and after the Nazi Era, and inquired about the different modes of presentation of works and the additional information provided about the works in those programs etc. The aim of the project was to show how such programs, brochures, and catalogues were able to convey particular ideologies even when ideological or propaganda-based commentary on the works was not explicitly stated in these documents, and how works that were created in a certain historical settings can be re-appropriated and put in an altogether different context by a regime that wishes to employ them in the service of its own agenda.


This project was made possible thanks to the support of the CHA - Jewish Studies Post-Holocaust American Judaism Summer Fellowship. The author would also like to thank the Post-Holocaust American Judaism Collections at the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries and particularly to Jane Thaler for her patience, support, and insightful and knowledgeable comments. 

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