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 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 Conclusion

Germany Between 1933 and 1945

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Strauss in the Volkstheater Lichtburg

 

Program of a performance of Strauss' Die Fledermaus (May 1933) in the Volkstheater Lichtburg in northern Berlin. With the motto “Glücklich ist, wer vergisst, was doch nicht zu ändern ist” (happy is the one who forgets what cannot be altered) taken from the opera, the Volkstheater presents live theater and opera for people who cannot afford a ticket to one of the established theaters in the city. The program further states that the cheaper option, cinema, cannot be considered a proper substitute to live performances of classical works that should be made accessible to all members of society. Together with the program is a interview with Kapellmeister Hansel-Haerdrich, director of the Volkstheater, Lichtburg, published in the Berliner Bär June (1933) where the latter emphasizes the significance of the project by noting that the Führer, as well as other leaders of the nation like Göbbels and Göring, were too “revived by an evening with the great works of Wagner, Schiller, and Goethe after a long day of diplomatic struggles.”

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