Robbing a Country of its Art and Soul
- Marie Laure
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Art lives in our hearts and souls, ears, eyes, mind, and body. . . it is the heartbeat of a civilized society.
Cherished for all time, art lives well beyond one culture, time, and place. It never dies...yet, some try to kill it, or keep it for themselves.
That's what the Nazis did in Germany by labeling art pieces as "degenerate"* in order to remove them from the public and private collections around Berlin.
I visited Schonhaussen Palace in 2023 located on Tchaikovsky Strasse, far from the city center. It was completely spared the WWII bombings due to how far off target it was, making it the perfect hiding place for stolen art!
The Nazi's sold that art stolen for profit outside their country, or claimed it for themselves.**
There is more than one way to steal art!
When was the last time you listened to live music or walked through an art museum or saw a film on the big screen? Imagine if your favorite venue closed?
That day is here with the two-year closure of the world-famous performing arts center in the capital city of the USA on July 4, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence!***
Independence raises up art and music without which a country is robbed of its soul.
The Nazis stole more than art from its people and we would do well to remember that lesson. Robbing the people of its own culture by closing down the creative arts is one more way that authoritarians steal everything that makes a country great.
**The Air Bridge Between Berlin & Me by Lance Carden https://wipfandstock.com/9798385229536/the-air-bridge-between-berlin-and-me/