Third Reich chic: Michael Jary Tanz Orch. - Leise klang eine Weise, 1940

Michael Jary m.s. Kammer-Tanzorchester - Leise klang eine Weise, Odeon 1940 (Germany)

NOTE: A photoshow presents historical photographs of various representatives of European elites, who were either openly enthusiastic to a Third Reich regime (like many representatives of the upper class, including British aristocracy) or, in their relationships with the nazi dictature were adherent to hipocrisy of a "lesser evil" tactics (like many artists, including Richard Strauss or Wilhelm Furtwaengler).

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[dzheger]

A jarring video that demonstrates how talent and excellence can  go hand in hand with evil, all to the sound of a most pleasant music.

[240252]

@dzheger Please read above a little discussion we had a propos Goebbels. Some new facts I didn't know.Sorry I have to leave - as memento -my answer I gave to a Russian guy who kindly send me a rude Russian line a propos what Poles do with German back sides. Well, I shouldn't bother others with such dirt, but subject of my clip, however, refers directly to all kinds of totalitarian thinking. And it's exactly what that Russian guy presented. Unfortunaterly, I was too abrupt in gettin rid of it.

[unpodimusica1]

@ScallySkinMaster Sure sure. Wagner is great. So is R. Strauss. And I have plenty of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf's recordings. As you say, the Nazis can't change that. And Lili Palmer might have stayed. But a lot left, even those who didn't have to. My question was, fundamentally - why deny it? They could have put forward your argument, couldn't they? Like "we were doing our job, we knew no English, we had no choice". Ergo: As they say in my mother-tongue: "The hat smoulders on the thief's head."

[ScallySkinMaster]

@unpodimusica1 as jewish actress lilli palmer was once asked: "if you hadn't been a jew, would you have left germany?" she answered:" no, i would have stayed there!" most just stayed!

it's so easy to have a big mouth nowadays, if you had lived back then, as an actor or singer who would have lived from his mother tongue and who would have loved his culture, you would probably argue differently! they were not all nazis! and wagner is immortal, not even 12 years of hitler can change this!

[unpodimusica1]

That is one powerful video! It makes me sick to the stomach, all those artists who sucked up to Hitler and his gang, and then in later years bent over backwards to deny it - Leni Riefenstahl, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Furtwängler and many others. And were forgiven. The Wagner festival takes place till today amid much song and dance. Sure, they were "only doing their jobs". But they did have a choice. Many other artists left Germany. And what's the point of denying what they did?

[1920sbuff]

This was quite a memorable clip! The music in itself is lovely, although the title (Leise klang eine Weise) couldn't be more in disharmony with the anything but "leise" deafening "Weise" of war bombs.

[alesig19]

@240252 Thank you so much for putting up this clip, a history lesson in itself. To me it is very haunting while "leise klang eine Weise" coming from Radio and being danced to in Nazi Germany at the same time utmost horrors were committed systematically "loud and clear" . Growing up after WWII in Germany history lessons very scantily covered the rise of Nazism and its implication during my early school years in the late fifties. That changed in the 60's...

Thanks for sharing, gracias.

[HarborGuy]

Germany danced as the whole of Europe was destroyed by them........how sick can it get............

[DeLorean4]

I was shocked to see the picture of Richard Strauss with Goebels. It was certainly a different era.

[genia106]

G,

Now my reply has vanished as well. Sorry.

[genia106]

Grzegorz,

I removed my comment once because I didn't like the way it appeared. Then I reposted it, it wasn't appearing on your main page. I think YT needs an Exorcism. Anyway, I am glad you saw it before it vanished.

I wonder if Hannibal Lechter had a Ph. D. in Romantic Literature.

I think Goebbels was a MONSTER and a SOCIOPATH!

[240252]

@genia106 Genia, I don't know what's going on with your comments? Two were erased before publishing - and not by me!! Another one has been "marked as spam" - so I "unspamed" it and it lived only for an hour or two. Now - it is also gone. What's going on? Did you erase all of them? But, once you mail out, you can't erase them - so who did? And how? I LOVED your emotional, clever comment about this clip, fascism, nazi chic - or wouldbe chic etc. - and I miss it on this forum. Oh, gosh :(((