Review essay,"Another Small Piece of a War: a Review of 'Charlie and his Orchestra'"

Liberty (December 4, 2017) (2017)
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Abstract

In this essay, I explore a documentary about the curious case of Charlie and his Orchestra. While swing music was outlawed in Nazi Germany as “degenerate,” the Nazi regime created a radio program called “Charlie and his Orchestra” for foreign consumption. The propaganda lay in the changes to the original lyrics of the songs played, making them convey the anti-Semitic and other themes of the Nazi ideology. The review discusses just how good the musicians were, and how popular the program was.

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Gary James Jason
California State University, Fullerton

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