GER 1791 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Weimar Culture, Social Democracy, Arson
29 Jan 2019
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In november 1932 elections, nazis win 33% of the popular vote, hitler is appointed. Chancellor: leading a coalition government, hitler is expected to last only a short time as chancellor, blaming communists for the fire, hitler exploits the opportunity to declare a state of. Culture under national socialism: cultural achievements of weimar republic come to abrupt end with rise of the nazis in. Attacks on literature: 1933, national socialist german students" league (nsdstb) action against the un- German spirit targets books and libraries: series of book burnings in may and june, 1933, formation of list of countless books/authors to be banned/removed from libraries, significant literary production continues in exile. Radio and the press: new technologies become important tools of propaganda. Inexpensive radios are made available to households and become platform for broadcasting speeches, nazi ideology: vibrant pre-1933 press dismantled through bans, censorship, foreign radio and press prohibited.
