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Reich's Orchestra - The Berlin Philharmonic 1933-1945 (Hardcover, Main)
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Reich's Orchestra - The Berlin Philharmonic 1933-1945 (Hardcover, Main)
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For decades the relationship between the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra and National Socialist regime has been shrouded in
mystery. In 1933, the world-renowned orchestra came under the
control of Hitler's Propaganda Minister, Joseph Goebbels; the
musicians became civil servants of the Reich and until the end of
World War Two, the orchestra served as Germany's flagship cultural
ambassador, touring internationally, and performing at the
Nuremberg Rallies, the opening of the 1936 Olympic Games and each
year on Hitler's birthday. While benefiting from this patronage,
the orchestra musicians were ambivalent abouttheir position - some
colleagues joined the Nazi Party while others were of Jewish
ancestry - and attempted to balance their political status with
artistic independence. At the heart of this story is the iconic
conductor, Wilhelm Furtwangler, a figure who continues to arouse
fierce debate, not the least due to his close relationship
withGoebbels. Furtwangler promised that "the name Wilhelm
Furtwangler should alwaysremain inseparable from that of the
Philharmonic" and the consequences of this pactare explored
comprehensively. For decades, Furtwangler's successor as Chief
Conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, a former
Party member whose meteoric rise was intimately tied to the
intrigues of the Third Reich, discouraged investigation of this
disturbing history .Now bringing together documents culled from the
orchestra and State archives, as well as private letters and
testimony from the orchestra's musicians, Misha Aster tells this
remarkable story for the first time. He portrays how German
societyfirst came to be seduced and then morally compromised by
Nazism. Though the Berlin Philharmonic enjoyed exceptional
privilege during the years 1933-45, The Reich's Orchestra vividly
captures how ordinary Germans experienced the Nazi regime, and how
their normal lives were stretched between desperation, fear,
reticence and opportunism. The Reich's Orchestra is a remarkable
depiction of the moral ambiguities of living under the Nazis told
through the story of one of the world's great orchestras.
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