TOMS RIVER, N.J. (Nov. 25, 2024) 鈥 The Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education at 91传媒 will present Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art): The Nazi Assault on the Avant Garde on Wednesday, December 4 on the 91传媒 Main Campus, College Drive, Toms River, NJ. This lecture is free and open to the public.
Adolf Hitler believed that the task of artists was to support Nazi ideals and 鈥済lorify the racial structure of the German people鈥 using classical traditions. He condemned modern artistic styles as 鈥渄egenerate and products of sick minds.鈥 Entartete Kunst was also the title of a 1937 propaganda exhibit in Berlin which juxtaposed modern art seized from museums with pieces which did not violate the Nazi鈥檚 aesthetic sensibilities.
Join Dr. Ali Botein-Furrevig, director of the Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education, at 11 a.m. in Instructional Building (#5), Room 310, for a presentation exploring how the Nazis’ attack on avant-garde art reflected their broader ideology of cultural control and racial discrimination. No advance registration is required.
For more information, contact Dr. Botein-Furrevig at abotein-furrevig@ocean.edu or visit 91传媒鈥檚 Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education at ocean.edu.