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tv   Arts Unveiled  Deutsche Welle  May 8, 2023 12:30am-1:01am CEST

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i think i may all ready to talk about sugars paralyzed between your systems, computers and governments that go crazy for your data. explain how things, technologies work. so that's how they can also watch it. now. 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 next few
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hours. and that was just the beginning from hitler's rise to power to the 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 for . and what did you mean by that?
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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 german film industry was driving and 1927 foot slaves movie metropolis storm deluxe offices. in 1928 the 12 right, 3 penny, oprah started its success story that would spread around the world. and in 1929 eric maria remarks best sell i or one to 2 on the west and from it would become one of the most successful gentlemen for women swells were also changing in the weimer republic, the 1st term and democracy women were allowed to vote and to choose their own profession. and some were extremely successful,
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like him got coined as the scot shuler and take the bones all the same as riotous and building. female writers also were taking part in the minds of the rama republic they have the same discussions on the important issues of the time on the idea of a new liberal society like v i the not 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 a dark side to the why my republic as well. the democratic system was not stable. people felt cheated by the peace treaty after the 1st world war, but included a tyrant racial payments such as the dual street crash of 1929.
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likewise hit the gentleman's heart. in 1942, nearly 6000000 to him and square unemployed. nazis and communists were fighting in the straits of phil in. it was the democracy yet with a fatal lack of democrats. all of this match to hitler's rise to power 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 know we're going to visit a very unique he is in the center full, persecuted,
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arts and zoning and the west of to him. and 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 happened to the office the using director. you can come cutter and to writer a bill to such a going to introduce us to artist silver hate to by the nazis the this account here in the center for persecuted arts there are displayed many, many also subaru, band and to many during the nazi periods could you just give us an overview? who was who, who were the artists or not? um, well come in germany anymore. the all artist were not in the so called fox combined shaft. so everybody who has not seen nancy opinion was not accepted from the nazis
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. they declared who is in and who's out out where absolutely all the jews the on to come you this pause of the roots of the social democrats and all the people who were not common was not see sinking. also like against the actual fleet, immediately lens and nazis and came into power. at the end of january 90 searches we he escaped in the united from his flat. the nazis said we have to find total cause he is so against the nazis. 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 person the enemy of how do i fit in his play will turn on change from 1923 told i
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had really killed hit to the rest of pied piper. and one of the dangerous a fried wing radicals. because today and government, every citizen must think only of the nazi leader dictates every book, not in line with nazi dot from the works of liberal thinkers. the writings of all jews are, sees confirmed so thoroughly organized does not say domination of the individual. but that is not a single job on the home of escape. the bedroom, the in every village in everett town and city are storm trooper from booths headquarters, the local party leader direct his district campaign of deborah mach victim's blood . persecuted. this film created for us audience re enacted the terrible events that took place into him. and he in the spring of 1973, the next one to work as an artist, as an also so vision. so he was ition
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r as in an extra you have to be member also heis good to come. 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 control, come on, what's not in the device split to come. if you're not into that ice crew to come out, you were not allow the to work officially in to dodge size. as an artist, the cultural elite of the why more republic was out. so you could not publish, you could not go into a stage on a theater. you cannot walk in the movie. you could not be ex, image, and museum are in the gallery or something us the in the showcase. this works and documented select listed writers,
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a display in may 1933 more than 200 also were on blacklist. and 51934. the black list included more than $3500.00 words. the nazis tried to erase the memory of a whole generation of german rights, and among them were many women who had just started to gain political equality and career opportunities. now the tide had turned. what was the i do women in the eyes of the nazis. her mother and mother to many, many children. and that was it. so women have to be supportive of the men. and the idea of the right, 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 fact, no, of course not enough to shoot up was the gym and jewish poets and play right. a leading
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seaman artist of german expressionists 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 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 artist, even though she was like, she was not a queer person, but she was performing gender and she was courageous in a place she 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 93rd street. and she had to
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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 to switzerland and from then she travels a bit and then she yeah, okay. 2 pedals time and and 1945. she died and reversal. that sounds toner hits as person an enemy lived as an excellent in the united states. and 1939. he was bankrupt and depressed. he carried all the time slick at of all, presumably suitcase. and this was a moment when you decide that this is my last a possibility to be free to make the decision to go out of this size. and this is a disaster ending, but this is the ending of ends total and it fits completely to us to this red color
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and consequent class. he was one of many persecuted artists who committed suicide over killed like right. a call for not yet steve died and nazi arrest or eric lose um, 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. 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 desk lined wide to helen keller. she wrote an open letter to the nazi organize us of the book, burning, saying, history has taught you nothing. if you think you can kill ideas, tyrants have tried to do that often before. and the ideas have risen up and they might end destroy them actually being born under nazi who she might not even have survive childhood denazi's racial hygiene program was responsible for killing
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hundreds of thousands of disabled persons. ready the . ready finish this chain book shelves are located on the ground. they controlled around 20000 folks about as many as the nazis frontier in 1933. today, this empty library as a memorial site, created by ease really, artist misha, 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 birds, almost every physical book in the country. some of the time you guys grow up there won't be one book. bird ray bradbury
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wrote the dist tokyo novel in 1953 in spite. it's either not simple. is this 6 past mr. trans? your an expert on the subject of the book or any language, why did denazi's actually burn books? 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 books 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 well. 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
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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 snouts, the events i've been out unplugged german 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
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mind, total control, one of the people what type of art and literature was permitted was decided by the so called right ministry of public. and like mentioned propaganda, headed by jones's goals, hitler's closest collide will have propaganda. so propaganda minister, joseph gunnar, sold as a book burnings, not as it does come on. no, that was done on the part of the german student unions initiative in modeling, the anti jewish boy caught in 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 the one dodge that started on april 13th with the dissemination of the poster against the and german spirit. he owned a set cost with $12.00, the police, anti semitic dfcs, and so keeps on giving me different colorado then applicable to, to on the what do students today think about that.
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dylan davis studies lloyd buildings, homebound university, which is located right on the side of the book burnings. i knew about the book bindings i was, 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, it took about 2 or 3 weeks until i actually realized this is why books provide religious sherif office fund. so that was upsize, the kind of 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 the building on the location of the ninety's. and you've heard
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3 of the book burnings, dylan and others want to make this more 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 power of his of 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 it's the other way around. so i know that to of at least 2 of my great grandfather select nazis. i've been in the ss and i think i saw the fest have that this past encourage me to reflect on the
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nazi era and try to remember those that have been prosecuted and then to couldn't get on with that live soft what's just like and my great grandparents grand migrate grandfather's that. so for me it was from a, a background was a motivation to get into the topic. but just the other way around in the city of cologne, in the west of to many, some of the young people are researching, not c victims to this. this is the headquarters of the cologne fall guns, but not the football team. falcons. the falklands are a tillman 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 burnings. zip as in spot one is 20 years old and
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belongs to a project group that is preparing a remembrance event in cologne. to wish with this project is that we remember our says, our past and the the start use of our organization. but also to tell the story about a fight against terrorism and but also a culture of active search 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? read like to perform a combination of reading and text of converts of this time and the treating the reading of the text. we sing songs
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that are important for the fine. 1934 more than 3500 books were on the nazis blacklist. many persecuted, also as had already left germany to come and which doesn't like what was it like an everyday life? did people read the blacklisted books and the way up symbolism and provide, provide in the private arena? these books were still found on people shelves. but of course, paperwork cautious when visitors came calling in prove that they preferred to hide them away. but people continue to read them privately from people to and public libraries. they've disappeared completely assisting. that's on the list named with
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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 dade, 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 whose books were also burned here. i mean with them he returned from exile after 1945, but never reconnected at the key at the knots that someone filled out to look. osborne m. god coin went through successful novel, the artificial silk girl, fox, vermont. she lived in germany after 1945 and so as an impoverished officer is and continue to publish books because 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 and i divide in my united the best to be able to visit then what, what has happened to the nazi before. and it had not occurred to me at the bins the, the knots. and as i said, if it had not been for national socialism,
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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 the by default to this, them on look to the united states, i saw the hollywood to the actors and directors who worked their house speed quits long. for example, an immigrant from germany, along by 65, i ended on both sides last night or in science in albert einstein who went into exxon about i'm our social scientists like to add or don't know. also left the united states po to add on or off. and you find you can start like you were american universities in american cultural institutions on the influx of immigrants from germany. it was a huge benefit. that's what else on that end because that's what they are still reaping these benefits. and i would say that we have not yet recovered from that loss. that's what and what it meant for germany. i'm doing a, beside the new stuff. would you almost talked and you said what took you to place with a lot to flood and soil literature,
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high modern literature not to not. and of course 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. that's what the words on this 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 folks to not so that by and 1933 of the nazis burned books in 1938. the synagogues were burned in 1942, 43 during the show up to get the genocide of the european jewish father. people were very much 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 were burned, and she li, books burned after puts in 1973,
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and in 2022, and the us books were also burned away. when you hear about the book burnings in tennessee, in 2022, a passport bern, terry puts on twilight volumes. why? that's all the discussions about banning books from school libraries in florida. what do you think them to taking? and sorry, the 1st thing you can go to, like i would not compare such individual actions with the historical context of major book burnings, and how many i 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 for reading they can provide and what i've often police highest and then
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do using something like that could happen in too many to when we on our funding for our let's say our values in every place here. then in total run a demo credit ready because came into power is clear, it could happen on every plays also, or also in germany. what kept 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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