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Book SynopsisA fresh and insightful history of how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed under the Nazis
Trade Review“Absorbing, chilling study of German artistic life under Hitler.”—Max Hastings,
The Sunday Times“While providing a chronology for understanding the creeping totalitarianism, Kater shines most when discussing individual artists and their work, displaying a thoroughness and texture unrivalled by any other scholar.”—Jonathan Petropoulos,
Art Newspaper“A much-needed study of the aesthetics and cultural mores of the Third Reich, with often surprising turns . . . in a narrative rich in detail and documentation. . . . ‘The relation between culture and tyranny is a complex one,’ Kater concludes. Indeed, and his book does much to make it comprehensible.”—
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Kater in this richly researched, fluently written book sets out to recast the story of Hitler’s Germany.” —Roger Boyes,
Times (UK)
“Incorporating both official art and that cast out of German public life, the range of cultural forms considered is similarly ambitious, including literature, music, architecture, fine art, radio, the press, film and theatre”— Lucy Wasensteiner,
Times Literary Supplement“There is no greater authority on the culture of the Nazi period than Michael Kater, and his latest, most ambitious work gives a comprehensive overview of a dismally complex history, astonishing in its breadth of knowledge and acute in its critical perceptions.”—Alex Ross, music critic at the
New Yorker and author of
The Rest Is Noise
