The musician’s family tree would tell it all

Bach is better than Mendelssohn.

That’s not what we genuinely think but what the Nazis claimed. Sure, classical music is not what the majority of us think about when it comes to the Nazis, but it not what should be dismissed either.

The Third Reich enjoyed music and aimed to select the best creators and compositions to make them part of the "Aryan culture." The devil is in the details. To choose the best they did not even need a piece to listen to – a musician’s family tree would tell it all.