(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- The Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education at Ocean County College will present Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art): The Nazi Assault on the Avant Garde on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 on the OCC Main Campus in Toms River.  This lecture is free and open to the public.

Adolf Hitler believed that the task of artists was to support Nazi ideals and “glorify the racial structure of the German people” using classical traditions. He condemned modern artistic styles as “degenerate and products of sick minds.” Entartete Kunst was also the title of a 1937 propaganda exhibit in Berlin which juxtaposed modern art seized from museums with pieces which did not violate the Nazi’s aesthetic sensibilities.

Join Dr. Ali Botein-Furrevig, director of the Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education, at 11:00am in Instructional Building (#5), Room 310, for a presentation exploring how the Nazis' attack on avant-garde art reflected their broader ideology of cultural control and racial discrimination. No advance registration is required.

For more information, contact Dr. Botein-Furrevig at abotein-furrevig@ocean.edu or visit OCC’s Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education at ocean.edu.

For 60 years, Ocean County College, a public two-year community college sponsored by Ocean County and the State of New Jersey, has provided area residents with the opportunity to benefit from higher education. OCC is an innovative academic leader offering affordable, student-centered, high-quality educational experiences that prepare and empower diverse learners to contribute to and succeed in global societies. OCC invests in and fosters academic, economic, and cultural excellence, and ensures financial strength by generating new revenue streams, engaging in national and international university and corporate partnerships, and cultivating a technologically progressive and entrepreneurial spirit.