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Jazz Underground Triumphs Over Nazi Ban in Germany
In Nazi Germany jazz was banned as degenerate. Yet by mid century German clubs welcomed Ella Fitzgerald Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. Veterans recall Kammer officials suppressing sheets and censoring titles while musicians adapted by playing from memory and avoiding bans.
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der Fuehrer
Nazi Germany
Ella Fitzgerald
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Hitler
America
Josef
Sepp) Seitz
Reich Music Chamber
Reichsmusikkammer
Josef Goebbels
Propaganda Minor
Seitz
Hans Rritmayer
Richard Strauss
Gnoebbels
Stefan Zweig
Ernst Krenek
Paul Hindemith
Igor Stravinsky
Kurt Weill
Peoples Observer
Voelkischer Reohachter