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GERMANY Germany: Norwegian band censored by German publisher When the Norwegian band Honningbarna wanted to release their debut album in Germany they were told by their publisher to leave the song ‘Free Palestine’ out 03 October 2011 Germany: Kurdish concerts banned by authorities in Berlin In Berlin, a concert with the two Kurdish artists Hozan Aydın and Şerîbana Kurdî was prohibited in court because it was found to be celebrating the foundation of PKK 05 January 2011 Germany: Expelled from teachers collage for playing death metal A singer from the death metal band Debauchery was given the choice of either abandoning his music for three years or quit the teachers college 10 May 2010 Germany: 11 Jamaican 'hate music' albums blacklisted An official German authority has blacklisted 11 dancehall albums in the period between 2008 and January 2010 due to violent and homophobic content 20 April 2010 Belarus: German band declared ‘a public enemy’ A governmental Council for Morality in Belarus has declared the German hard rock band Rammstein a threat to the state and wishes to ban an upcoming concert in Minsk 25 February 2010 Germany: Network to study law, culture and censorship In August 2009, an international graduate network in the interdisciplinary study of law and culture was launched in Germany 26 August 2009 Denmark/Sweden/Germany: In court for selling Nazi music Two men were arrested in Denmark on 27 August 2008 for allegedly distributing recordings that have been deemed illegal because of their extremist content 18 November 2008 Germany / Denmark: Controversy around erotic drawing on vinyl cover The rock band Baby Woodrose experienced trouble in connection with the re-issuing of Blows Your Mind. The printer refused to print the cover portraying a nude woman. 18 March 2008 Germany: New archive of music which the Nazis silenced Center for Ostracized Music aims to recover and revive the forbidden musical voices from the Nazi regime in Germany 60 years ago. Currently it holds 400 works of 50 ostracized composers. 29 February 2008 Germany: Exhibition about East Europe's censored rock music On 7 October 2007 the KLIPZENSORED exhibition opened in Berlin. It presents music clips that for various reasons weren't shown or played in the former European East Bloc 11 October 2007 1900-1949 Freemusepedia timeline: Europe: 1900-1949 Turkey: Kurdish music and Whirling Dervishes. Germany: Eta Harich-Schneider, Ernst Krenek, Arnold Schoenberg, Berthold Goldschmidt, Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter, Anton Webern Mendelssohn, Mahler. Czechoslovakia: Erwin Schulhoff. Italy: 'Jazz'. Austria: 01 January 2001 Denmark: Censorship on music during the German occupation Mr. Hans Skaarup's speech at the 1st Freemuse World Conference on Music and Censorship in 1998 01 January 2001