Art played a big roll in the holocaust believe it or not, for example. A variety of different types of art that were considered national treasures were plundered all over Europe during WWII by the Nazis. Most of the art plundered were paintings and sculptures.
Paintings and sculptures were stolen from all throughout Europe. Nazis that were under control of Hitler were ordered to loot millions of dollars worth of art from differing countries in Europe. Most of the art looted were pieces from famous artist and considered to be national treasures. This happening created a dispute in weather the art was important enough to send troops and civilians to try to recover and restitute Nazi looted assets.
Much of the art was found hidden in caves and in the deeper parts of Germany and neighboring
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To add to their ordeal, Nazi guards would force the prisoners to sing cheerful songs during their two-hour march to and from the moor. A group of prisoners retaliated by writing a song that truthfully reflected the workers' situation. Introduced in August 1933, The Soldiers of the Moor, with its catchy melody and evocative lyrics, became an immediate hit among camp inmates. The camp guards also enjoyed the song, failing to grasp its coded reference to the downfall of the National Socialist regime.
Music was heard in many ghettos, concentration camps, and partisan outposts of Nazi-controlled Europe. While popular songs dating from before the war remained attractive as escapist fare, the ghetto, camp, and partisan settings also gave rise to a repertoire of new works. These included topical songs inspired by the latest gossip and news, and songs of personal expression that often concerned the loss of family and home. Poetry had a part in the holocaust as well, a rather big one