Before and during the era of World War II, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union favored nationalistic propaganda that refuted the essence of modernism’s ambiguous culture. Rather, these regimes turned towards art with straightforward messages that could not be left to interpretation. Through the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany, propaganda was used to influence people with racist, anti-semitic views that promoted German violence and hatred. Particularly, in Hitler’s autobiography, Mein Kampf, he outlined his political views concerning Germany’s future. By 1939, 5.2 million copies had been sold worldwide, thus showing that Hitler’s political affairs influenced the literature at the time. Similarly, Soviet Russia under the reign of Stalin endured heavy censorship of the arts as well; artists, novelists, and poets that opposed the restrictions were often imprisoned and died in the Gulag. During the rise of totalitarian regimes, the burden of oppression weighed down on the creative mind, ultimately squandering the development of the arts. Through the desensitization of media and art and literature, personal political interests shaped the era of European culture and destroyed the senses of individualism and
Before and during the era of World War II, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union favored nationalistic propaganda that refuted the essence of modernism’s ambiguous culture. Rather, these regimes turned towards art with straightforward messages that could not be left to interpretation. Through the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany, propaganda was used to influence people with racist, anti-semitic views that promoted German violence and hatred. Particularly, in Hitler’s autobiography, Mein Kampf, he outlined his political views concerning Germany’s future. By 1939, 5.2 million copies had been sold worldwide, thus showing that Hitler’s political affairs influenced the literature at the time. Similarly, Soviet Russia under the reign of Stalin endured heavy censorship of the arts as well; artists, novelists, and poets that opposed the restrictions were often imprisoned and died in the Gulag. During the rise of totalitarian regimes, the burden of oppression weighed down on the creative mind, ultimately squandering the development of the arts. Through the desensitization of media and art and literature, personal political interests shaped the era of European culture and destroyed the senses of individualism and