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3 unusual facts about Gottbegnadeten list


Arthur Kampf

In 1944, Kampf was one of 24 artists, architects, authors, composers, actors, and singers added to the "Special list" of the Gottbegnadeten list, meaning he was considered absolutely indispensable.

Fritz Klimsch

According to a diary entry by Goebbels, Klimsch was the most mature of our sculptors. A genius. In September 1944 Klimsch was named in the highest rank of artists of the Third Reich, in the Gottbegnadeten list.

Hermann Giesler

In September 1944 he was named one of the Reich's most important artists in the Gottbegnadeten list.


Richard Scheibe

He received various recognitions during the Third Reich, including the Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft and placement on the Gottbegnadeten list.

Viktor de Kowa

The film idealized the education of the German youth in National Political Institutes of Education, which earned de Kowa an entry on the Gottbegnadeten list to evade his Wehrmacht conscription, though Minister Goebbels was disillusioned with his directing.


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