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degenerate art
term used by the German Nazi regime to describe modern art
The Ahnenerbe
The '''' (, "Ancestral Heritage") was a pseudoscientific organization founded by the Schutzstaffel in Nazi Germany in 1935. Established by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler on July 1, 1935 as an SS appendage devoted to promoting racial theories espoused by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, the Ahnenerbe'' consisted of academics and scientists from a broad range of academic disciplines who fostered the idea that Germans descended from an Aryan race which was racially superior to other racial groups.
Strength Through Joy
state-operated leisure organization in Nazi Germany
Nazi book burnings
campaign to burn books in Nazi Germany and Austria
Der Stürmer
newspaper in Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany that spread antisemitic propaganda
SS-Ehrenring
thumb|SS-Ehrenring The SS-Ehrenring (German for "SS honour ring"), unofficially called Totenkopfring ("Death's Head ring" or "skull ring"), was an award of the Schutzstaffel (SS). The ring was not a state decoration but rather a personal gift bestowed by Heinrich Himmler to SS members of distinction. It became a highly sought-after award, one which could not be bought or sold, and counterfeit replicas were produced. The SS Honour Sword and SS Honour Dagger were similar awards.
degenerate music
term adopted by the Nazis during the 1920s to condemn modern culture that, according to Hitler, manifested symptoms of national decline
Reichskulturkammer
government agency in Nazi Germany
Reichsmusikkammer
music regulating company in Nazi Germany
Gottbegnadeten list
list of artists considered crucial to nazi culture
Degenerate Art Exhibition
Series of propaganda exhibitions with defamed art by German Nazis, e.g. in Munich 1937
Junker School
Nazi SS leadership training facilities
Adolf Hitler Schools
system of boarding schools established in Nazi Germany
Nazi songs
Songs created or used by the National Socialist German Workers' Party
Julleuchter
thumb|Two Turmleuchter type ceramic candle-holders—the right one replicates the design of the SS Julleuchter, itself based on an early modern candle-holder from southern Sweden.
Arthur Kampf
German history painter (1864-1950)
list of authors banned during the Third Reich
Wikimedia list article
Cathedral of light
feature of the Nazi Party rallies in Nuremberg
Herbert Windt
German composer (1894–1965)
Reichsfilmkammer
film regulating company in Nazi Germany
Great Exhibition of German Art
series of art exhibitions
Amt Rosenberg
official body for cultural policy and surveillance within the Nazi party
Nordische Gesellschaft
organization
NS-Ordensburg
In Nazi Germany, the 'NS-Ordensburgen''' ("National Socialist Order Castles", singular Ordensburg), also called Schulungsburgen'', were schools developed for elite Nazi military echelons.
list of streets named after Adolf Hitler
Wikimedia list of streets
Nationalsozialistische Monatshefte
academic journal
music in Nazi Germany
controled and "co-ordinated" music in Nazi Germany
Negermusik
thumb|Poster of a 1938 exhibit in Düsseldorf, "Degenerate Music"
Reich Harvest Thanksgiving Festival
annual German festival 1933- 1937
Reich chamber of culture
nazi organization
Thingspiel
thumb|Thingplatz at Ordensburg Vogelsang thumb| at the Annaberg (hill)|Annaberg in [[Silesia in a Nazi-era photograph]] thumb|right|Heidelberg Thingstätte