![jahsonic:Cover of the brochure of the “Entartete Musik” exhibition.
The subscript reads:
“Eine Abbrechnung von Staatsrat Dr. H. S. Ziegler” means “An account by state council H. S. Ziegler, PhD”.
Hans Severus Ziegler was a state censor in Nazi Germany. He organized the exhibition “Entartete Musik” (degenerate music) in which he ridiculed jazz and the music of Jewish composers, and demanded their removal from German musical life.
The cover of the brochure depicted a caricature of a black jazz musician, who wears a Star of David in his buttonhole.[1].” The Nazis termed this music Negermusik.](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvvxnspPvv1qz4yqio1_500.jpg)
jahsonic:Cover of the brochure of the “Entartete Musik” exhibition.
The subscript reads:
“Eine Abbrechnung von Staatsrat Dr. H. S. Ziegler” means “An account by state council H. S. Ziegler, PhD”.
Hans Severus Ziegler was a state censor in Nazi Germany. He organized the exhibition “Entartete Musik” (degenerate music) in which he ridiculed jazz and the music of Jewish composers, and demanded their removal from German musical life.
The cover of the brochure depicted a caricature of a black jazz musician, who wears a Star of David in his buttonhole.[1].” The Nazis termed this music Negermusik.
![[1]](http://danajohnhill.com/dana/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/entartete_musik_poster.jpg){kind=link}