Cultural Landscape Of The Weimar Republic

When Hitler took control of Germany, the cultural landscape changed to a dull, grey atmosphere rather than the enjoyable, fun times that the Weimar Republic one were. He took freedom away from the people and took away the things that they most desired, such as expressing themselves in the arts, entertainment, literature, and cabaret, all the way down to the way they dressed. Hitler and the Nazis gained control by violence and force, which caused a new kind of fear to surface in Germany.
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The Weimer Republic, which was known as the golden age from 1924 to 1929, saw several alterations to the cultural landscape in Germany. There was a new line of creative flair that made Berlin the centre of art and culture of the world.

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Hitler referred to almost all modern art as "degenerate art," and said to be ‘un-german’ and because of his ‘dislike’ of certain art , all artists were punished and fired from their jobs or banned from creating art, just because Hitler thought it was ‘un german’. This was minor set back to the Weimar culture that flourished in Germany before the times of Hitler's rule. He wanted total control and he would stop at nothing to get that and he did, but there were also those people who did not support Hitler and his rules. Some of those people were the artists, because they didn’t like being told what to do. Artists don’t hold the usual 9 to 5 job. They move everywhere, to get inspiration on what to draw or paint next and when Hitler put his fit down and started forcing them to paint those paintings of ‘the perfect German family (see Appendix 1), they were not happy. Artists were no longer to freely express themselves the way they wanted. Hitler was afraid of them because the artists had the power to influence the way people thought as there artworks always had meaning, feeling and emotion behind them. The meanings often were their point of view of the horrors and there were happening. The Nazis were opposed to the satirical shows of the Weimar
Murnau, a film loosely based on Dracula, gained worldwide fame. These films were designed to stir emotions and feelings amongst the audiences using dark shadows; unusual camera angles and intense lighting and they were also part of the expressionism genre. These and other films were symbolic of the experimental and imaginative nature of German film production in the 1920s. There was a theatre called ‘The Agitprop theatre’. It was a named over a combination of the words "tension" and "propaganda" to add landscapes of public agitation and convincing propaganda to the theatre, hoping to create a more open-minded