[Nebullis]

It's just a propaganda tool intended to provoke an association between their evil doctrines and a piece of music.

Music was used as a propaganda tool. The more beautiful music was ever more effective. The Nazi era (and shortly after) produced some of the most beautiful performances and recordings of Beethoven, Schubert, Bach and Mozart that are still enjoyed today. Just listen to a era recording from Kurtwangler.

[Nebullis]

Typo: Furtwangler.

[exmarine]

Yes, you are right.

[Doctor Stochastic]

The Nazi's actually preferred Johann Strauss to Wagner. Supposedly Strauss had a distant (I forgot how far) Jewish ancestor and that was hushed up.

Music was the only art that really flourished under the Nazi's. As Beethoven's fifth sympnony was used in SS initiation cecemonies (the transition from the third to the fourth movement accompanied with the opening of a curtain to cast light on the new initiates), could Beethoven be blamed for Nazism?

The plastic arts (painting, scuplture) were really in bad shape as Hitler had his own aesthetic on these matters (and IMHO he couldn't tell a hawk from a handsaw.)