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Jazz in Nazi Germany: The Music That Wouldn’t Die

JL;DR SUMMARY Exploring the resilience of jazz in Nazi Germany, the piece highlights how music serves as a powerful form of resistance against oppressive regimes. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Nazi GermanyJazzDegenerate ArtJoseph GoebbelsCultural ExpressionCultural ResistanceSwing YouthMusic CensorshipRacial PrejudicesJewish Culture League

Places mentioned

Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
"The first university to teach jazz wasnt in the United Statesit was at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, Germany in 1928."
Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
"An infamous music exhibition in 1938 in Dusseldorf titled Entartete Musik (Degenerate Music) showcased opera, twelve-tone music and jazz, as well as works by Jewish composers such as Hindemith, Schoenberg, Weill, Berg and Stravinsky."
Berlin, Germany
"Jazz emerged as a symbol of modernity, liberation and cosmopolitanism, finding enthusiastic audiences in Berlin and beyond."

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