...you could argue that the post impressionist - futurist movement that German artists had at the time (of WWII) has it's roots buried in the very coutries it had eyes to dominate, France's Impressionist movement that brought artists in touch with almost errie zombie like palettes to depict "picnics by the Sane", and Russia's uprising constructivist movement epitomising ecconomical growth through visual format, ie everthing must be chiselled from hard assed granite.
Of course add some marriage with the sysmbolism that the German army of the time chose to adopt, blacks and greys, clawed eagles, skulls, wolfs heads, knights, it's not exactly painting a nice picture to start with... almost like "hey we are TEH bad guyzzz" from the start.
PUD-THAH-COOKIE-DOUWNH-NAOOOOO-UHBLH-ARRGHH!