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Subject: German art
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Visual Arts
Asked by: ferker-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 03 Feb 2005 12:46 PST
Expires: 05 Mar 2005 12:46 PST
Question ID: 468262
I would like to find an English translation of the letter sent to the
artist Emil Nolde by the German authorities in 1941 banning him from
working as an artist. Can anyone help?

Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 03 Feb 2005 12:55 PST
Dear ferker,

Do you happen to already have the German text? If so, I could
translate it. Otherwise, it would be necessary to find the original
German text first.

Scriptor

Clarification of Question by ferker-ga on 03 Feb 2005 14:24 PST
Hello,
Yes I do have the original text . Could you let me know if you would
need to charge extra to translate it?
Thanks

Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 03 Feb 2005 14:33 PST
No, it is not necessary that you increase the amount. Of course, in
case you are really very satisfied, you can add a tip before giving a
rating - but that is purely optional and not in any way mandatory.

Just post the German text and I will translate it (I am German, so the
translation will be accurate).

Scriptor

Clarification of Question by ferker-ga on 04 Feb 2005 07:53 PST
Dear Scriptor,

Here is the German text - hopefully without too many errors!

Einschreiben!

Anlässlich der mir s.Zt. vom Führer aufgetragenen Ausmerzung der Werke
entarteter Kunst in den Museen mussten von Ihnen allein 1052 Werke
beschlagnahmt werden. Eine Anzahl dieser Ihrer Werke war auf den
Ausstellungen "Entartete Kunst" in München, Dortmund und Berlin
ausgestellt.

Aus diesen Tatsachen mussten Sie ersehen, dass Ihre Werke nicht den
Anforderungen entsprechen, die seit 1933 an das Kunstschaffen aller in
Deutschland tätigen bildenden Künstler ? einschliesslich den im Reich
lebenden Künstlern anderer Nationalitäten oder Volkszugehörigkeit ?
gestellt sind. Die hierfür geltenden und vom Führer in seinen
programmatischen Reden anlässlich der Eröffnung der "Grossen Deutschen
Kunstausstellungen" in München seit Jahren wiederholt klar und
eindeutig herausgestellten Richtlinien zur künftigen künstlerischen
Haltung und Zielsetzung kultureller Förderung in Verantwortung
gegenüber Volk und Reich, mussten auch Ihnen bekannt sein.

Wie die Einsichtnahme Ihrer hergereichten Originalwerke der Letztzeit
ergab, stehen Sie jedoch auch heute noch diesem kulturellen
Gedankengut fern und entsprechen nach wie vor nicht den
Voraussetzungen, die für Ihre künstlerische Tätigkeit im Reich und
damit für die Mitgliedschaft bei meiner Kammer erforderlich sind.

Auf Grund des § 10 der Ersten Durchführungsverordnung zum
Reichskulturkammergesetz vom 1. 11. 33 (RGBI.I, S.797) schliesse ich
Sie wegen mangelnder Zuverlässigkeit aus der Reichskammer der
bildenden Künste aus und untersage Ihnen mit sofortiger Wirkung jede
berufliche ? auch nebenberufliche ? Betätigung auf den Gebieten der
bildenden Künste.

Das auf Ihren Namen lautende Mitgliedsbuch M 2603 meiner Kammer ist
ungültig geworden; Sie wollen es umgehend an mich zurücksenden.

gez. Ziegler
Answer  
Subject: Re: German art
Answered By: scriptor-ga on 04 Feb 2005 09:09 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Dear ferker,

Here is the translation, with some notes inserted in brackets where
appropriate. I would like to add that the style of the original letter
(and I really mean the original text, not your transcript) is simply
horrible...


--- Beginning of Translation --


Registered mail!

On the occasion of the excision of works of degenerated art in the
museums, assigned to me by the Führer at that time, 1052 works of you
alone had to be confiscated. Some of those works were shown in the
"Degenerated Art" exhibitions in Munich, Dortmund and Berlin.

From these facts you had to learn that your works do not comply with
the standards demanded since 1933 from the artistic work of all
creators of fine arts active in Germany, including artists of other
nationalities or ethnicities living in the Reich. You had to know the
relevant principles concerning the future artistic attitude and the
objective of cultural promotion in responsibility to nation and Reich,
which have been clearly and explicitly emphasised by the Führer
repeatedly in his programmatic speeches on the occasion of the
openings of the "Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung" [Great German Art
Exhibtion] in Munich for years.

As inspection of your submitted recent original works showed, you
still absent yourself from those cultural ideas, and you still do not
comply with the requirements necessary for your artistic activity in
the Reich and thus for membershio in my Chamber [the Reichskammer der
bildenden Künste, Reich Chamber of Fine Arts, mandatory official
national association of artists in the Third Reich].

On the basis of  §10 of the First Executive Order to the
Reichskulturkammer Law of 1 November 1933 (RGBl.I, S.797) [the
citation for the Reichsgesetzblatt, Reich Law Gazette], I debar you
from the Reichskammer der bildenden Künste because of lack of
credibleness and forbid you any professional - and also avocational -
activity on the field of fine arts as from now.

The Chamber membership document M 2603 made out to your name has
expired; you are hereby asked to send it back to me immediately.

signed, Ziegler


--- End of Translation --


Hope this is what you needed!
Regards,
Scriptor
ferker-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $5.00
Thank you very much for your answer and for sending it so quickly. It
has really helped me. (Sorry I couldn't tip more)

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