The diploma work, The Amber Room and Art under Nazism talks about the monopoly of art established by the NSDAP under the leadership of Adolf Hitler in Germany and the conquered territories. At first, the author describes the course of the Second World War and presents what Nazism was and who were the main actors in Nazi Germany. She writes about the Nazi ideology of art and focuses on what happened in the art world between 1939 and 1945. The focus is specifically on the impact of Nazism on the Jews. The author explains the control of art and artists, the looting and destruction of works of art, and the prohibition of creating and exhibiting undesirable art. The most important painters, sculptors and architects of that time are presented, and it is explained how museums have worked and what was exhibited in them. In the second part, the author goes into the history of the Amber Room before, during and after the war. She presents the various theories about her disappearance and the main researchers who tried to find out what happened to the Amber Room. Finally, she presents its connection with the National Socialist ideology of art.
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