Degenerate Art campaign

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Nazi propaganda campaign cultural policy initiative

The Degenerate Art campaign was a Nazi propaganda initiative that condemned and removed modernist artworks deemed un-German or subversive, using exhibitions and seizures to promote an ideologically approved vision of art.

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Degenerate art campaign	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazi propaganda campaign ⓘ cultural policy initiative ⓘ
aim	to condemn modernist art as un-German ⓘ to delegitimize avant-garde movements ⓘ to promote Nazi-approved art ⓘ to shape public taste in line with Nazi ideology ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Entartete Kunst campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
effect	exile of many modernist artists ⓘ massive loss of modern art from German public collections ⓘ strengthening of state control over culture ⓘ
endTime	circa 1941 ⓘ
exhibitionOpeningDate	19 July 1937 ⓘ
exhibitionOpeningPlace	Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ
exhibitionTitle	Entartete Kunst NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key component of Nazi cultural policy ⓘ major example of state censorship of the arts ⓘ
ideology	Nazism ⓘ antisemitism ⓘ völkisch nationalism ⓘ
keyFigure	Adolf Hitler NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Goebbels NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany ⓘ Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ other German cities ⓘ
mainEvent	Degenerate Art exhibition NERFINISHED ⓘ
method	derogatory captions and slogans ⓘ press and radio propaganda ⓘ propaganda exhibitions ⓘ sensationalist display techniques ⓘ
numberOfWorksConfiscated	over 20000 artworks ⓘ
opposedStyle	modernist experimentation ⓘ
organizer	Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
policy	confiscation of modernist artworks ⓘ public shaming of artists ⓘ removal of artworks from German museums ⓘ sale or destruction of seized art ⓘ
promotedStyle	classical academic art ⓘ heroic realism ⓘ
promotedTheme	Aryan racial ideals ⓘ loyalty to the Führer ⓘ militarism ⓘ peasant life and ruralism ⓘ
startTime	1937 ⓘ
target	Cubism NERFINISHED ⓘ Dada NERFINISHED ⓘ Expressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ abstract art ⓘ art by Jewish artists ⓘ modernism ⓘ politically left-wing artists ⓘ

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