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The Magdeburger Ehrenmal from Ernst Barlach was declared to be "degenerate art" due to the anti-war motive. Degenerate art (from the German: "entartete Kunst") is a term that became notorious during the Nazi rule of Germany to refer to any art reflecting values or aesthetics contrary to the Aryan ones. It is therefore somewhat ironic that the concept of "degenerate art" was first proposed during the late nineteenth century by Max Nordau, the Zionist leader. In 1937, Nazi authorities purged German museums of art they considered "degenerate". They then took 650 of the works so condemned, and sent them on tour as a special exhibit of "degenerate art".Photo credit: Chris 73