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tv   Arts Unveiled  Deutsche Welle  May 5, 2024 2:30pm-3:01pm CEST

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hi, caesar was every single connection mapped out shows the geophysical reality. the on the board is what makes things the way they are mapped out, navigating a changing world. now, on youtube, the berlin 90 years ago, on the 10th of may 1933 terms, students through tens of thousands of folks into a huge on fire right here, where i'm standing in the center fill in. in the midst of next week, it's been about an hour and that was just the beginning from hitler's rise to power to the
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hollow coast. and finally, the destruction of central europe and the 2nd world war. in this video, we will find out why the nazis and others for an folks. and we will show how the nazi book for any pace to wait for the killing of millions of people. the joseph douglas, hitler's minister for propaganda spoke of the debris of the past. that had to be what did you mean by that? that's settled back to germany during the 1920 in the golden twenty's building was the 3rd largest city in the world and may be the most exciting, cultural metropolis. the gym and film industry was driving and i to $27.00 foot
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slice of the metropolis storm, the flux surfaces. in 1928, the 12 brake, 3 penny, oprah thought it it's success story that would spread around the world. and in 1929, eric maria remarks best sell that old. why it's on the west and from would become one of the most successful gentlemen folks. winning sales were also changing in the weimer republic, the 1st term and democracy women were allowed to vote and to choose their own profession. and something where extremely successful, like him got claimed as the scot, sheila and vicky bones all the same as riotous and building. female writers also were taking part in the months of the rama republic they have the same discussions on the important issues of the time on the idea of
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a new liberal society like v, i must proceed in the weimar republic was not only kind of a political movement but also we can see that in the different fields of arts, especially in writing, they weren't starting to find new ways to express ideas, but also to yeah, to experiment with different styles. but there was the dark side to the why my way public as well. the democratic system was not stable. people felt cheated by the peace treaty after the 1st world war, but include the ty, reservation payments for germany, the door street crash off 1929. likewise hit the gentleman's heart in 1972, nearly 6000000 to them and square unemployed. nazis and communists were fighting and the streets of phil in. it was the democracy, yet with a frightful lack of stomach. but all of this let's to hitler's rise to power
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the in january 1933, hitler became german chancellor. but the nazi who was also not stable, the knots immediately started to get rid of their enemies. the . now we're going to visit a very unique, he is in the sense of full persecuted arts and zoning and the west of too many. it focuses exclusively on artist who has been victims of terra and violence. here we're going to find out whose books have been burned and what's happening to the office using direct to you can come cutter and to write or
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a bill to such a going to introduce as to artist silver hate to buy the nazis the this to come cuts out here in the center for persecuted, ards, there are display many, many also silver band and to many during the nazi period. could you just give us an overview? who was, who, who were the artist or not? well, come and do many anymore on artist who were not in the so called fox command shift . so everybody who has not seen nancy opinion was not accepted from the nazis. they declared who is in and who's out out where absolutely all the jews, the fonts are coming in this positive roots of the social democrats and all of the people who were not common was not see sinking. also
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slide against the actual fleet immediately wins. and nazi's and came into power. at the end of january $9033.00. he escaped in the united from his flat. the nazis said we have to find total cause he is so a games denazi's. so we have to, we have to catch him. he was a no, that's a liberal call me on this or left wing social democrats. and he wants to do. and he was a personal enemy of how difficult. and his play will turn on change from 1923 told i had really killed hit to the rest of pied piper. and one of the dangerous a fried wing radicals. because today in germany, every citizen must think only of the nazi leader dictates every book mountain line with nazi back from the works of liberal thinkers. the writings of all jews are, sees confirmed so thoroughly organized does not say domination of the individual.
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but that is not a single job on the home of escape, the value of the an upright village in everett town and city austin roper from booths headquarters, the local party leader direct his district campaign of terror. mach victims were persecuted. this film created for us audience reenacted the terrible events that took place in to him and he in the spring of 1973, the next one to work as an artist, as an also a solution to assessor musician r. as in an extra, you have to be member also heis good to come on. the nazis is nice clue to a come up. told all of the cultural lice and nazi germany. the nazis decided who is in that ice. come on, come on. what's not in the device, go to a couple. if you're not into that ice control, come out,
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you were not allow the to work officially in the dodge size as an artist, the cultural elite of the why more republic was out. so you could not publish, it could not go into a stage on a theater. you cannot walk in the movie, you could not be ex image and then use the are in the gallery or something us the in the showcase this works and documented blacklisted writers. a display in may 1933 more than 200 also were on blacklist. and 51934, but blacklist included more than 3500 words. the nazis tried to erase the memory of a whole generation of german rights. and among them were many women who had just
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started to gain political equality and career opportunities. now the tide had turned what was the i do women in the eyes of denazi's, mother and mother to many, many children. and that was it. so women have to be supportive of demand. and the idea of the reich, which was yes, reading german children all over a big in germany and women like as an special ed did not at all fit in that but no of course not enough to shoot up was the gym and jewish poets and play right, a leading seaman artist of german expressionist and a definitely personality. she was divorced twice she had a son was not born in one of her marriages, but she was very individualistic. she was very independent and and of course she
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took her agency. she took the room, she really spread the ideas of yeah, liberty of, of empowerment. but also she was, was kind of a queer access. even though she was like, she was not a queer person, but she was performing gender and she was courageous. and a place you that extra say these proof tragic signs. the counselors many, many of those programs and they canceled her, her play out with all the most. so that was in march 1933, and she had to escape because she was attacked by members of the as in the streets in berlin. what happened to is alaska, sheila, after she had to leave germany, she 1st went in switzerland and from then she travels a bit and then she came to palestine and in 1945,
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she died in jerusalem toner, hips as personal enemies lived as an excellent in the united states and 1939. he was bankrupt and depressed. he carried all the time and slick of all, presuming the suitcase. and this was the moment when you decide that this is my last a possibility to be free. to make the decision to go out of this life. and this is a disaster ending, but this is the ending of ends total and it fits completely to us to this radical consequent class. he was one of many persecuted artists who committed suicide or were killed like right to call for not yet steve died and nazi arrest or eric, lose them who was killed in a concentration come. what was happening in germany was no secret on may 10th, 1933 more than 100000 people protested in u. s. cities against hitler,
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american books. by the way, web burned on this day to like works by optim, saint clair, and ernest hemingway a us national icon reacted as well. the deaf blind while i to helen keller, she wrote an open letter to the nazi organize us of the book, earnings, sayings, history has taught you nothing. if you think you can kill ideas, tyrants have tried to do that also before. and the ideas have risen up in their minds and destroys them actually being born under nazi who she might not even have survive childhood. denazi's racial hygiene program was responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of disabled persons. good . ready finish this chain book shelves are located on the ground. they controlled
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around 20000 folks about as many as the nazis frontier in 1933. today this empty library, as the memorial side created by is really artist myisha omen. books are incredibly powerful. every also retiree and regime fits them and no story proves that better than this one. now, if any of you guys ever seen one of these bad things for real we burned almost every physical book in the country. some of the time you guys grow up there won't be one book. bird ray bradbury wrote the dist tolkien novel in 1953 in spite. it's either not simple. it's past mr. trust. you're an expert on the subject of the book or any language. why did the nazis actually burn books?
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they could have just found them by the time and by then they did both of them. but i know that's when the book burning took place here in berlin and many other places in germany. the book bands had already begun for the things i knew that these are the herds of libraries had begun in february, march 19, 33, and 1. 1 board is here in berlin. and indexing committee was set up under the leadership of both cunningham. i'm going to search the catalogues for so called about hostile literature and you'll find that and that's what, that's what i'm, what was the meaning of the fire as it as full? yeah, it's, yeah, fire is traditionally a simple that stands not only for destruction but also in a certain way for read you the nation on can give us otherwise. i'll fill you in the national socialists and also worked with this symbolism and this metaphor. i'm the not to neither tend to know if the opposite. the orchestration of the book burnings in 1933 is reminiscent of religious ceremonies, typical of nazi events. i
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left word mother had it unplugged them and radio listeners could follow the report life. the radio was one of the most important propaganda tools of the nazi regime and propaganda was used to both intimidate and entertain. with one goal in mind, total control, one of the people what type of art and literature was permitted was decided by the so called dwight ministry of public, enlightenment and propaganda headed by joseph doubles pitiless closest collide will have papa goodness, so propaganda minister, joseph gunnar,
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sold at simple burnings, not as enough time. no that was done on the part of the german student unions, initiative you in modeling the anti jewish boycott. and 1933. they drew up a plan that they wanted to tie in directly with this action of the boy caught up the jews and they set up their own campaign which was called action against the and german spirit that started on april 13th with the dissemination of the poster against the german spirit, he owned the cots with 12, the police anti semitic vcs, and so keeps on to the musician colorado, the son applicable to, to on the what do students today think about that. dylan davis studies lloyd buildings who mode university, which is located right on the side of the book burnings. i knew about the book bindings i was, and i think every one of his studies at the german high school. so i'm not aware of what happened. but, but when i started studying here,
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took about 2 or 3 weeks until i actually realized this is why books by literature i'll respond. so that was a fast kind of uh, shopping experience. we con, forgotten about the book bindings. why not random events started by the nazis? they were organized by students of the faculty of law. they were supported by professors of this faculty. and that part of history is not being addressed within building on the location of the ninety's and reverse 3 of the book burnings. dylan and others want to make this small visible. they are putting together a special exhibition with biographies of people who were forced to leave the university. i think for me it was touching to see the viruses of
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women because they could just start to um, to work as a lawyer in the 19 twenty's 22. and just like after 10 years or something it was over. i can see that you all of the remove of the topics. do you probably have any family background like jewish ancestors who had to leave university? i think for me is the other way around. so i know that 2 of at least 2 of my great grandfather select nazis. i have been in the ss, and i think i saw the fest have that this have encouraged me to reflect and not sit around and try to remember those that have been prosecuted and then to couldn't lift, get on with that live soft of us just like a my great grandsons, grand margaret grandfather did so for me it was the familiar background was
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a motivation to get into the topic. but just the other way around in the city of cologne and the west of to many, some of the young people are researching, not c victims to. this is the headquarter of the cologne follicle, but not the football team. falcons. the falklands are a job and socialist youth organization with a history of more than a century. during the nazi regime, the follicles has been prohibited and persecuted. some fall can members are going to tell us more about it and about their project on book for our next little each month, month is 20 years old and belongs to a project group that is preparing a remembrance event in cologne. which was this project is that we remember our says, our past and the the statues of our organization,
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but also to tell the story about a fight against terrorism. and but also a culture of ecto switched with you that was destroyed like in addition to jews, socialists and communists were the main enemies. something not safe. many of them had to flee, too many were breasted, or even killed several. and can you tell me a little bit about the codes that you're planning on the book? we like to perform a combination of reading and takes off the comforts of this time and the, treating the reading of the text. we sing songs that are important for the
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fine. 1934 more than 3 soldiers. $500.00 books were on the nazis blacklist money. persecuted also as had already left germany because this doesn't what was it like an everyday life? did people read the black list of books and the way what symbolism and provide provide in the private arena? these books were still found on people shelves, but of course, people were cautious when visitors came calling in p lot. they preferred to hide them away, but people continue to read them privately. can people take and public libraries they've disappeared completely assisting that's on the list named with indexing and blacklist spots. and the nazi succeeded in making these books no longer accessible or avail level in bookstores underneath quite a bit. so they actually succeeded in making a large part of these authors date into oblivion. the exact same guessing i'm fine . so that's in the snack month. on the ad, for example, then the famous us good evening. those books were also burned here. 53 in the sun.
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he returned from exile after 1945, but never reconnected at a key at the knock noticed that someone else took. osborne em god coin withdrew successful novel, the artificial silk girl and fox vermont. she lived in germany after 1945 and so as an impoverished officer is and continued to publish a book. as i know the times that they weren't in demand. and i'm more left to advise that because these authors had become largely a marginal divide in like united the best to be able to visit. then what has happened to the nazi both for an x had not occurred to me at the vince did not so nice. and so if it had not been for national socialist game had, if it had not been for the burning of books, the cultural diversity and innovated spirit of germany in the 1920s would certainly have continued in thoughts on end because had to bite the flock. good them on. i looked to the united states, i saw the hollywood to the actors and directors who worked their house quits long.
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for example, an immigrant from germany on cliffs long by 65. i'm indigent or flesh last night or in science in albert einstein who went into exxon about i'm our social scientists, like ted or don't know also left the united states, the field was on or off in the fine. you can start, like you were american universities and american cultural institutions on the influx of immigrants from germany. it was a huge benefit. that's what it all from that. and maybe that's what they are still reaping these benefits. and i would say that we have not yet recovered from that loss and what it meant for germany. i'm the ones uh, beside the new stuff. would you almost tied on you said what took you to place the lot to flood and soil literature, high modern literature not to not. and of course the national socialist kitch, completely boring stuff and people didn't actually read it. it is, hold on for just a glance of when, when i'm in the medicine where they burn books, they will ultimately burn human beings as well. the. that's what the words on this
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memorial plaque say. well, it's 10 by 100 kind of a gentleman, choose code of the 19th century of cause the nazi's for and his books to not so that by and 1933, the nazis burned books in 1938. the synagogues were burned. and in 1942, 43 during the show of to get the genocide of the european jewish people were very, i'm lot and then i will pay some you wouldn't find mention the nazis did not invent book burnings over the course of christianity. those books and people that were burned and she laid books burned off that puts in 1973 and in 2022. and the us books were also burned away. when you hear about the book burnings in tennessee, in 2022. a password for the entire reporter and twilight volumes. why that some of the discussions about banning books from school libraries in florida. what do you
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think them to taking and sorry to go to like i would not compare such individual actions with a historical context of major book burnings, and how to get here on may 10th alone books were burned in 22 places in germany, upon these actions of which you speak, there was also a burning of the koran in sweden by right wing extremists that all could take him, which of course should be condemned. reading these or actions by individuals or groups extend this thing, but they are not actions backed by public authorities and board police agency was at least on didn't they can provide. and what i've often police highest in tech sentence to using something like that could happen in too many to when we are not fighting for our let's say our values in every place. then in total run, a demo corrupted read because came into power is clear,
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it could happen on every place. also are also in germany. what can each and every one of us do to prevent that standard? and yes, say something have the courage to say something the
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an increasing stress in europe, a young generation of neo nazis becoming even more radical. that gold is white supremacy. and they're even willing to kill who all their idea not to complete the phone rights. neo nazis in 15 minutes on the w. he has had a, she could make it to europe,
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but it's impossible to see the phone for head lice in housemates jewish tennis. i need to not come by face the was the nazis favorite, conduct the forcing musicians who lives denise. the panel of the swastika was music. so impose into the national session. music of the arts were to be used as part of the meditation. assume about the sounds of power. i'm inspiring story about survival, things to music in the home. i usually search the tenants now. well, i was the only ones i was super lucky. music under the swastika stuff may 25th on dw, the, the
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