World History
- Degenerate Art: The Attack On Modern Art In Nazi Germany, 1939
The Neue Gallerie in New York City just opened a new exhibit on degenerate art. The Nazis branded modern art as degenerate and initiated a campaign against it, seizing works from museums and private collections. The New York Times has a great review of...
- Propaganda: Power And Persuasion
Can propaganda be considered great art, or is it by its very nature inferior? Nazi Germany did a lot to promote the idea that it is inferior. "As minister of propaganda in Adolf Hitler?s government," notes Alastair Sooke writing...
- Hitler's Food Taster Tells Of Poisoning Fears
She's 95 and only now telling her story. She was one of Hitler's food tasters during the war. The shame and fear of persecution forced her to keep it secret all these years. But now, according to the story on WTOP's page, she's spilling...
- Hitler Is Hot In India
Increased sales of Mein Kampf, Hitler biographies, and even the production of a Hitler soap opera are common in India, yet there is no anti-antisemitism and no outrage as there is in other countries. Frances Coffey at Fairfax High School sent me the link...
- The Furher On Tcap
Once again Larry Ferlazzo has posted some great stuff. This is a hilarious clip with Hitler losing his temper about school test scores. It's one of Ferlazzo's best videos of the year in his "laugh til you cry" category....
World History
Guernica in 3-D
Here's a nice 3-D clip on Picasso's "Guernica" that Open Culture posted a couple of years ago. In April of 1937, Franco, with help from Hitler, bombed the remote Spanish town of Guernica. Hitler got to see his latest military technology in action. In his gigantic mural, Picasso captures the devastation and sorrow.
- Degenerate Art: The Attack On Modern Art In Nazi Germany, 1939
The Neue Gallerie in New York City just opened a new exhibit on degenerate art. The Nazis branded modern art as degenerate and initiated a campaign against it, seizing works from museums and private collections. The New York Times has a great review of...
- Propaganda: Power And Persuasion
Can propaganda be considered great art, or is it by its very nature inferior? Nazi Germany did a lot to promote the idea that it is inferior. "As minister of propaganda in Adolf Hitler?s government," notes Alastair Sooke writing...
- Hitler's Food Taster Tells Of Poisoning Fears
She's 95 and only now telling her story. She was one of Hitler's food tasters during the war. The shame and fear of persecution forced her to keep it secret all these years. But now, according to the story on WTOP's page, she's spilling...
- Hitler Is Hot In India
Increased sales of Mein Kampf, Hitler biographies, and even the production of a Hitler soap opera are common in India, yet there is no anti-antisemitism and no outrage as there is in other countries. Frances Coffey at Fairfax High School sent me the link...
- The Furher On Tcap
Once again Larry Ferlazzo has posted some great stuff. This is a hilarious clip with Hitler losing his temper about school test scores. It's one of Ferlazzo's best videos of the year in his "laugh til you cry" category....