Militant League for German Culture
"Die Musik," under the editorship of Schuster, had been relatively apolitical. The editors during the Third Reich were Johannes Gunther (born 1901), Friedrich W. Herzog (1902–1976), and Herbert Gerigk. Schuster had been editor until July 1933. Gunther, of the Reichsjugendführer, became editor in August 1933. On April 1, 1934, "Die Musik" became the official bulletin of the Reichsjugendführer. Herzog, one of 88 German writers who signed the "Gelöbnis treuester Gefolgschaft", a pledge of allegiance to Hitler, became editor on July 1, 1934. Gerigk, of the Reichsjugendführer, was a chief collaborator in the Nazi music administration. Among other things, he co-authored the antisemitic "Lexikon der Juden in der Musik" in 1941. From September 1936 to June 1937, "Die Musik" was the official bulletin of the Militant League for German Culture. In October 1937, "Die Musik" became the official musical voice of the Department for Art Preservation under Reich leader Rosenberg.