{"product_id":"reich-s-orchestra-book-misha-aster-9780285638938","title":"Reich's Orchestra","description":"For   decades the relationship between the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and   National Socialist regime has been shrouded in mystery. In 1933, the   world-renowned orchestra came under the control of Hitler's Propaganda   Minister, Joseph Goebbels; the musicians became civil servants of the Reich   and until the end of World War Two, the orchestra served as Germany's   flagship cultural ambassador, touring internationally, and performing at the   Nuremberg Rallies, the opening of the 1936 Olympic Games and each year on   Hitler's birthday.  While benefiting from this patronage, the orchestra   musicians were ambivalent abouttheir position - some colleagues joined the   Nazi Party while others were of Jewish ancestry - and attempted to balance   their political status with artistic independence.  At the heart of this story   is the iconic conductor, Wilhelm Furtwängler, a figure who continues to   arouse fierce debate, not the least due to his close relationship   withGoebbels. Furtwängler promised that \"the name Wilhelm Furtwängler   should alwaysremain inseparable from that of the Philharmonic\" and the   consequences of this pactare explored comprehensively. For decades,   Furtwängler's successor as Chief Conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic,   Herbert von Karajan, a former Party member whose meteoric rise was intimately   tied to the intrigues of the Third Reich, discouraged investigation of this   disturbing history  .Now bringing together documents culled from the orchestra   and State archives, as well as private letters and testimony from the   orchestra's musicians, Misha Aster tells this remarkable story for the first   time. He portrays how German societyfirst came to be seduced and then morally   compromised by Nazism. Though the Berlin Philharmonic enjoyed exceptional   privilege during the years 1933-45, The Reich's Orchestra vividly captures   how ordinary Germans experienced the Nazi regime, and how their normal lives   were stretched between desperation, fear, reticence and opportunism.  The   Reich's Orchestra is a remarkable depiction of the moral ambiguities of   living under the Nazis told through the story of one of the world's great   orchestras.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49545926672657,"sku":"GOR002419411","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49887308546321,"sku":"GOR010544065","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50139881963793,"sku":"GOR006377355","price":15.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0285638939.jpg?v=1759227860","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/reich-s-orchestra-book-misha-aster-9780285638938","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}