Rundfunk in der Diktatur. Das Radio im Nationalsozialismus

Panel discussion with Dr. Jens-Uwe Völmecke, Alfred Fassbind and Michael Seil

In a dictatorship, those in power also define the rules of the arts. Those who violate them risk their existence. In Germany, from 1933 onwards, the National Socialists determined what was to be considered beautiful music and what was to be broadcast on the radio - for their own glorification and to satisfy the masses. People who were considered part of the political opposition, but also Jews such as the popular radio opera singer Joseph Schmidt (1904-1942), lost their jobs in radio.

How did the National Socialists instrumentalize radio for their ideology? What did it mean for an artist to be discriminated against and banned from a profession for political reasons? The musicologist, radio presenter and author Dr. Jens-Uwe Völmecke,
biographer and curator of the Joseph Schmidt Archive Alfred Fassbind and music historian Michael Seil (moderator) will talk about this.

As part of the series "Auf Empfang! 100 years of radio"