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race laws of 1933, the Reichsmusikkammer (Reich Music Chamber) required a
registry of all German musicians. As a result, hundreds of talented composers
had their work deliberately suppressed and careers ended simply because
their race or style of music offended the Third Reich. Famous works by
Mendelssohn, Mahler and Schoenberg were used as examples of unacceptable
music. 55
According to Hitler, the role of art was to carry political messages in
order to shape the mind of the public. What to Hitler was true art was that
which portrayed life in the countryside, the healthy, and the Aryan race. In one
speech, he offered his views on art and artists:

We shall discover and encourage the artists who are able to impress
upon the State of the German people the cultural stamp of the Germanic
race... in their origin and in the picture which they present they are the
expressions of the soul and the ideals of the community. 56

A 1940 wall painting by Massimo Campigli, one of the Italian artists
employed by the fascist administration, at the entrance to Padua University.