Политика и пропаганда

Клеменс Краус
[Translate to Russian:] Clemens Heinrich Krauss (1893-1954) was an Austrian conductor and opera impresario, particularly associated with the music of Richard Strauss. Called ‘the most powerful man in German opera,’ and a ‘culture leader’, his career advanced significantly under the Nazi regime.

МАЙРА ХЕСС
[Translate to Russian:] Dame Julia Myra Hess, DBE (1890-1965) was an English pianist, best known for her performances of the works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann. During WWII, she put on concerts at the National Gallery to raise morale.

ФРАНЦ ШМИДТ
[Translate to Russian:] After the Anschluss in 1938, Franz Schmidt (1874-1939) was named the greatest living composer in the Ostmark by the Nazis. At the premiere of his Das Buch mit Sieben Siegeln, it was reported that Schmidt made a Nazi salute.

КАРЛРОБЕРТ КРАЙТЕН
[Translate to Russian:] Pianist Karlrobert Kreiten (1916-1943) was overheard saying Hitler was ‘brutal, sick and insane,’ by a Nazi sympathiser. He was executed by hanging. The day after his execution, his mother discovered her clemency plea had been accepted.

ДЖЕК ХИЛТОН
[Translate to Russian:] Jack Hylton (1892-1965) and his band made regular tours in Germany during the 30s when Nazis were banning jazz music. During WWII, Jack Hylton and His Orchestra disbanded, having out-sold every other band in Europe.

Чарли и его оркестр
Свинг-группа "Чарли и его оркестр" была создана в пропагандистских целях и спонсировалась нацистами немецкой. Вместо того, чтобы играть оригинальные композиции, группа решила играть джазовые стандарты, которые были популярны у английских слушателей, но с измененными словами. Эта музыкальная форма пропаганды способствовала распространению нацистской идеологии и передавала пораженческие настроения в ряды врагов нацистов: англичан или американцов.

МАРЛЕН ДИТРИХ
[Translate to Russian:] Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer. Throughout her long career, which spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s, she continually reinvented herself. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich acted on the stage and in silent films.
Евреи и музыка в фашистской Италии
RU The modern nation of Italy had existed for barely more than sixty years when, in October 1922, Benito Mussolini became the country’s prime minister.