{"id":14554,"date":"2023-08-29T14:18:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T12:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curt-bloch.com\/?page_id=14554"},"modified":"2024-02-06T17:14:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:14:48","slug":"het-onderwater-cabaret","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curt-bloch.com\/en\/history\/het-onderwater-cabaret\/","title":{"rendered":"Het Onderwater-Cabaret"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HET ONDERWATER-CABARET<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t
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During the German occupation of the Netherlands, Curt Bloch lived in hiding, to avoid deportation to a labor or extermination camp. Under extremely challenging circumstances, Bloch developed a very personal form of resistance against the Nazi regime: \u201cDuring the time I had to hide, I published a booklet of satirical poems in German and Dutch every week and circulated it among a small group.\u201d<\/p>\n

In reference to his fugitive situation, Bloch named his publication \u201cHet Onderwater-Cabaret\u201d (The Underwater Cabaret). The title alluded to a modern form of cabaret that had enthralled a large audience during the Weimar Republic (1918\u20131933). Cabaret performances typically consisted of a series of creatively crafted texts, songs, and scenes in which artists criticized societal injustices, mocked celebrities, and confronted the people with their perceived ignorance. Under Nazi rule, political cabarets were censored, closed, or forced to conform. The Dutch radio program \u201cCabaret op zondagmiddag\u201d (Sunday Afternoon Cabaret) may have inspired Bloch to counter this fascist and anti-Semitic propaganda with his own subversive cabaret.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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