Raus! Nr.2, 2015

National Socialism had devised its own notion of the value of German art and culture. This was ruthlessly put into practice when the Nazis took over power in 1933. The more than 175 "degenerate" recorded musical items in this extraordinary 10-CD box set, 'Forbidden But Not Forgotten', relate to the shocking consequences due to that "cleansing". The burning of the Reichstag (7th April) provided the pretext for the prosecution of all who held other political opinions, for the burning of books (10th May) whose authors were on the index of disfavoured and banned writers, for the law that amended entry to the civil service (7th April) that excluded all non-Aryans and led to wholesale dismissals of Jews, especially in orchestras, the administration, among singers, conductors and instrumentalists. By means of the exhibitions "Degenerate Art" (Munich, 1937) and "Degenerate Music" (Düsseldorf, 1938) art and artists who were now to have no place in Nazi Germany were pilloried.

Nick wird gefeuert und will raus aus dem Provinzkaff in Arizona. Seine Freundin Beth soll ihm nach Montana folgen, wo er ein neues Leben beginnen will. Während Beth ihre Sachen packt, beschließt Nick, doch lieber allein abzuhauen, was er jedoch nicht Beth, sondern seiner Ex-Geliebten Carol mitteilt. Diese wiederum ist Beths beste Freundin, liebt Nick jedoch immer noch. Um das Gefühlschaos perfekt zu machen, tritt dann auch noch der philosophische Anstreicher Sid auf den Plan, der heftige Gefühle für Beth entwickelt.