Hitler's Big Fear: The Trial Against Degenerate Art

In 1937, the Nazi regime branded artists like Picasso, Chagall, Van Gogh, and Matisse as 'degenerate,' declaring a war on modernity. Their works were banned, destroyed, or mocked in grotesque exhibitions, while Aryan ideals were celebrated in state-sponsored displays. Framed by a major new exhibition at the Musée Picasso in Paris, the documentary revisits this ideological assault through rare footage, suppressed artworks, and the voices of curators and survivors. Expanding its scope to music, literature, and architecture, it reveals how the Reich targeted all forms of dissenting expression. A timely meditation on repression, resistance, and the enduring fight for creative freedom.