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A penetrating inquiry into the motives, moral dilemmas, and compromises of Walter Gropius, Emil Nolde, and other celebrated artists who chose to remain in Nazi Germany What are we to make of those cultural figures, many with significant international reputations, who tried to find accommodation with the Nazi regime? Jonathan Petropoulos asks in this exploration of some of the most acute moral questions of the Third Reich. In his nuanced analysis of prominent German artists, architects, composers, film directors, painters, and writers who rejected exile, choosing instead to stay during Germanys darkest period, Petropoulos shows how individuals variously dealt with the regimes public opposition to modern art. His findings explode the myth that all modern artists were anti-Nazi and all Nazis anti-modernist. Artists Under Hitler closely examines cases of artists who failed in their attempts to find accommodation with the Nazi regime (Walter Gropius, Paul Hindemith, Gottfried Benn, Ernst Barlach, Emil Nolde) as well as others whose desire for official acceptance was realized (Richard Strauss, Gustaf Grndgens, Leni Riefenstahl, Arno Breker, Albert Speer). Collectively these ten figures i

Author

Petropoulos, Jonathan

Publisher

New Haven: Yale University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300197471

Subjects

Art, Historical Fiction, Memoir

Rating

4.8 / 5 (27 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14