Hitler’s Artists

Although the Third Reich famously suppressed what it labeled “degenerate art,” it gave a fair amount of leeway to actors, architects, artists, musicians, and filmmakers—provided they had no Jewish ancestry, weren’t socialists, and were willing to keep any questionable political opinions to themselves. In a new book, Jonathan Petropoulos explores the careers of such artists and the moral compromises they made. Mark Falcoff writes in his review: