... had their music and a thriving cultural life. Moreover, the Nazis would better be able to monitor the activities of the Jewish artists and their audiences. The ploy was obviously working. Herbert Peyser from the New York Times wrote an article December 10, 1933, which viewed the Kulturbund as an uplifting by-product of Nazi anti-Semitism. Peyser thought the object of ... a Nazi member. Krauss tried to move to Vienna a couple of times, but was always stopped by Hitler who insisted that Krauss remain in Munich. Another popular musician was the conductor, Herbert von Karajan. Karajan joine...

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... the fundamental idea concluded in his work: I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection. . . . The expression used by Mr. Herbert Spencer, of the Survival of the Fittest, is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient. Also contained in Darwin's theories was the notion of the "Struggle for Existence." In this ... from Darwin's theories were decidedly secular, not unlike Darwin's theory itself. One of the most influential social and ethical philosophies associated with Darwin's theory was that of the British ...

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... tried to dispel any ideas that his music was Nazi related or even liked by the Nazi's in many different ways. "Carmina Burana" had originally been torn to shreds by Herbert Gerigk, the influential critic of the Volkischer Beobachter, who referred to the "incomprehensibility of the language" coloured by a "jazzy atmosphere", caused many of Germany's opera intendants to fear staging the ... ...

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