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The Encyclopedia of Jews in Music (Lexikon der Juden in der Musik) was a Nazi-sponsored encyclopedia first published in Germany in 1940, which listed people involved in the music industry who were defined under Nazi racial laws as 'Jewish' or 'half-Jewish'.
Levi, Erik. 'The German-Jewish Contribution to Musical Life in Britain', in Second Chance: Two Centuries of German-speaking Jews in the United Kingdom (1991), pp. 275-295. Miller, Malcolm and Hansen, Jutta Raab. Music in Exile: from 1933 to the Present Day. The Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, Vol. 22 (2023)
In the 1940s, it was consistently in the top 20 names for boys born in the U.S. It's only become more popular since: It was the number one name between 1961 and 1998.
Charlie and his Orchestra (also referred to as the "Templin band" and "Bruno and His Swinging Tigers") were a Nazi-sponsored German propaganda swing band. Jazz music styles were seen by Nazi authorities as rebellious but, ironically, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels conceived of using the style in shortwave radio broadcasts aimed initially at the United Kingdom, and later the United States ...
German citizens were able to exchange music unlike ever before, increasing circulation of all genres of music. Since the performance of Jewish or Romani music was prohibited by the state, this expanding circulation of sheet music was problematic. In an effort to regain control of this industry, and eliminate degenerate music, Goebbels soon ...
Therefore, the best that can be understood about German Music during the war is the official Nazi government policy, the level of enforcement, and some notion of the diversity of other music listened to, but as the losers in the war German Music and Nazi songs from World War II has not been assigned the high heroic status of American and ...
Here are the 40 most popular baby boy and 40 most popular baby girl names of the 1940s, according to the Social Security Administration's database. Top 40 baby boy names of the 1940s. James ...
SS marschiert in Feindesland ("SS marches in enemy territory") also known as Teufelslied ("The Devil's Song") [7] was a marching song of the Waffen-SS during the German-Soviet War. The music for this song came from the Lied der Legion Condor ("Song of the Condor Legion"), whose lyrics and music were written by Wolfram Philipps and Christian ...