Adolf Hitler Paints A Sky Green And Fields Blue Ought To Be Sterilized

Adolf Hitler became the Dictator of Germany in the year 1934 and ruled until the year 1945. Hitler was the leader of the Nazis and the reason for millions of deaths throughout his rule. Although Hitler was a cruel ruler and not an artist, he had an opinion about the arts. Hitler once claimed, “Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized.”
When most people think about the word sterilize, they think about the meaning to take away the ability to reproduce. Hitler wanted anyone who wanted to paint art that was not realistic to be sterilized as said in the quote “Anyone who see and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized.” This was likely because Hitler saw unrealistic art as a way for people to show free thinking. This was not allowed under Hitler’s rule because he had an idea of what a flawless person was and it was tremendously specific. Hitler stated, “As for the degenerate artists, I forbid them to force their so-called experiences upon the public. If they do see fields blue, they are deranged, and should go to an asylum. If the only pretend to see them blue, they are criminals, and should go to prison. I will purge the nation of them." This shows that Hitler did want to rid the world of free thinkers by taking them out of

Hitler submitted realistic art drawings of people, nuns, and figures to the Vienna Art Academy two separate times. Both submissions were rejected and he was unable to attend college for art. Hitler believed that it was a Jewish professor that did not appreciate his work. He blamed his rejection to the Vienna Art Academy on that professor’s Jewish free thinking. Since he was biased against free thinking and his art was rejected, he believed that unrealistic art should be rid of the world as he said in the quote “Anyone who see and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be