“Degenerate Art” is the term Adolf Hitler and his henchmen used to describe works they simply did not like. The Nazis are long gone. Much of the art they denounced has survived, and is now on view. Here’s Erin Moriarty of “48 Hours”:
In the cultural capital that was Berlin in the early 1930s, art and politics often clashed, with modern artists like George Grosz leading the charge.
Art the Nazis labeled degenerate
A NYC gallery exhibit documents how Hitler’s henchmen demonized artists who failed to evoke the Nazi
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