 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.