I'm guessing this list would have the names of the most collectible German artists and sculpters from that period. Unfortunately I cannot find the list anywhere online. Does anyone have any suggestions? The most information I could find was from Wikipedia. Here is what it says:
"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Friedrich Kayssler one of the "unmissable actors" on the list
The Gottbegnadeten list ("God-gifted list" or "Important Artist Exempt List") was a 36-page list of artists considered crucial to Nazi culture. The list was assembled in September 1944 by Joseph Goebbels, the head of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, and Germany's dictator Adolf Hitler.
The list exempted the designated artists from military mobilization during the final stages of World War II. A total of 1,041 names of artists, architects, music conductors, singers, writers and filmmakers appeared on the list. Of that number, 24 were named as especially indispensable. They thus became the equivalent of National Socialism's "national treasures".
Goebbels included about 640 motion picture actors, writers and directors on an extended version of the list. They were to be protected as part of his propaganda film efforts, which persisted through the end of the war (and culminating in the expensive final UFA production Kolberg, released in January 1945).
Many of the cultural figures appearing on the list are no longer widely remembered but there are exceptions, including a number of renowned classical musicians such as the composers Richard Strauss, Hans Pfitzner, Carl Orff and Norbert Schultze, the orchestral conductors Wilhelm Furtw�ngler and Herbert von Karajan, and the Wagnerian baritone Rudolf Bockelmann. Each listed artist received a letter from the Nazi Propaganda Ministry which certified his or her status. The only foreigner (auslander) on the list was Dutch actor Johannes Heesters.[1]"
