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In 20th century fascist states, works of art, if any, were prepared and
controlled by the state to serve as propaganda. These were the products of a
soulless and mechanical "art to order." No real works of art emerged. For
instance, only those subjects that the state allowed could be painted, such as
war. Subjects disliked by the state were forbidden. The same applied to the
written word, only those things the fascist state permitted could be written
about, and nothing else. As a result, art totally unrelated to true art emerged,
that, aesthetically, rendered art, architecture and literature rigid, soulless and
dull.
The most obvious examples of this were seen in Hitler's Germany.
Because of his racist views, Hitler boycotted certain art forms. For example,
because he looked on Africans as an "inferior race," the playing of jazz was
forbidden in Germany, for it was regarded as "black man's music." In 1935,
Eugen Hadamowski, the head of German radio, announced that by order of
Hitler, he prohibited the playing of Negro jazz on German radio.
At the beginning of the 1940s, at the height of Hitler's power, jazz began
to be used as a propaganda tool in radio broadcasts directed at Great Britain
and America. At that time, and in most countries, jazz was one of the most
popular forms of music. Europe's greatest
jazz musicians were brought together. The
first thing done was to translate all the
English names of the famous jazz songs
into German. The lyrics of these songs
were altered to conform with Nazi
propaganda, and was played only on
programs aimed at the West, and
completely forbidden on domestic German
radio.
The lyrics of the songs were entirely
fascist in content. Here is one example.

You're the greatest… You're a
German pilot… You're machine gun
fire… You're a heroic submariner…
A publicity poster for an
You're the greatest… You're a exhibition held by the Nazi
German bomber… 54 administration in 1938. The aim
of the exhibition was to display
That was the Nazis' idea of art and and denigrate works that did not
music. Paintings, song lyrics, music and conform to Nazi cultural policies.