dealt with in broad outline. Those courses may
be regarded as somewhat superficial, which indeed
they may perhaps have to be in Order to appeal to
their audiences. A more important result is that
they are open to propaganda, historical figures being praised or condemned in teens of present-day
National Socialist thinking. Some of the courses
are indeed beguilingly learned and tendencious, as
for instance a Strength through Joy lecture on the
falsification of German history wrought by the fact
that early historical writing was chiefly done by.
the monks.
 
 In the field of art appreciation, superficial
but stimulating teaching has nevertheless done a
great deal to inspire the workers' interest in
these matters. In collaboration with the Office
for Leisure Time, the popular education authorities arrange many factory exhibits. Reproductions
of paintings or etchings attached to collapsible
stands which may be easily transported are exhibited in a particular factory for a 'week or ten days.
During this period a lecturer will come at the
luncheon hour and will explain the details of each
picture. Working on the imagination of his listeners he will then announce a visit to a museum
where the originals, or works by the same artists,
may themselves be seen.  Although this teaching
is strongly nationalistic (primary emphasis being
put on German painters), it has nevertheless suc-