The Beethoven-Haus in Bonn during the Nazi Period
Special exhibition in the Beethoven-Haus Bonn 10 May - 7 October 2017
Peck-Kubaczek, Cynthia / Latcham, Michael / Ladenburger, Michael / Kämpken, Nicole / Boecker, Malte
Erschienen am
31.05.2017, 1. Auflage
Beschreibung
Englische Übersetzung der Ausstellungsbroschüre zur Sonderausstellung "Das Beethoven-Haus in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus".
Inhalt
Preface
The Beethoven-Haus in Bonn during the Nazi period
The Board of the Beethoven-Haus and its directorship during the Nazi period
The Beethoven-Haus Society and changes in tis membership
Successes and failures: networking and appropriation
Anti-Semitism of the directorship and within the Society
Breaking with tradition
Beethoven scholarship under Nazi rule
Cultural policy and art theft
The Beethoven-Haus as a tourist attraction
Joseph Joachim: Marble bust by Otto Lessing
The Beethoven-Haus Chamber Music Festival during the "Third Reich"
The Beethoven-Haus in Bonn's musical life: the joint Beethoven Festivals 1936-1946
Safekeeping of the collection during World War II and retrieval of its holdings
Return of the collection, reorganisation in 1945 and aftermath