Nazi Germany's book burnings, its campaign against ""degenerate art,"" and its persecution of experimental artists pushed the avant-garde to the brink of extinction. This book looks at how the avant-garde came back, finding a new purpose in the wake of the war.

Nazi Germany's book burnings, its campaign against "degenerate art," and its persecution of experimental artists pushed the avant garde to the brink of extinction. How the avant-garde came back, finding a new purpose in the wake of the war, is the subject of Visions of Violence.