Howdy, I love this sub and was wondering: most of of the "great works" of Nazi art that are commonly discussed are films, architecture, parades, rallies and other sorts of public pageantry. Was there an accompanying movement in German literature that corresponded with or reflected the rise of the Third Reich, or was most (ideologically?) Nazi/fascist art more "public facing," such as films, parades, and architecture previously mentioned?
The Allied Control Council imposed a strict ban on nazi-related media and burned a lot of books after WWII in the Denazification efforts. I am aware of only a handful of authors such as Hanns Grimm, Gottfried Benn and Werner Beumelburg.
Literature was heavily regulated and used as a propaganda tool. Every book had to be approved by the Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, since they were in control of all the publishers.
While popular imagination of National Socialism is linked quite heavily with, as you mentioned, the visually provocative works of people like Leni Riefenstahl and Albert Speer, there was a considerable wealth of written works that became part of the Nazi "canon" during the 30s.
Mein Kampf is the most obvious and well-known choice, which was printed in three common editions and was given to soldiers, newlyweds, and government officials. It was incredibly popular even before Hitler became Chancellor and made him independently wealthy while still serving his prison term after the Beer Hall Puscht.
Writing alongside Hitler in prison was Alfred Rosenberg, who produced "The Myth of the 20th Century". The Myth is a half-fantasy, half pseudo-history account of the struggles of the Aryan race juxtaposed alongside the Jews. Rosenberg was virulently anti-Christian and senior officials were forced to distance themselves for the book's conclusions due to the powerful Catholic lobby in Southern Germany. Despite this, it was considered an important work for the regime.
Also very popular with the more intellectually inclined fascists would be Ernst Junger's "The Worker", a call for the total employment of society's resources towards a collective military and ideological struggle. I haven't read it personally, but it apparently deals with Junger's desires to encourage every German to become a warrior-worker-scholar. Junger was a nationalist but not a National Socialist, and frequently came into conflict with the official government-backed literary establishment. Nevertheless his work was very popular and echoes many of the tenets that the Nazis sought to promote.
I'm sure there's dozens more and someone will give a more comprehensive response, but these three are good place to start. For sources, I'd recommend Shirer's "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" and Speer's indispensable "Inside the Third Reich". I'd also strongly recommend Jonathan Littell's "The Kindly Ones", a work of fiction that has nonetheless won praise from historians (Beevor in particular) for its extraordinary attention to detail in portraying social conditions in Germany during the 30s and 40s.
Here, starting with page 4, is a list of best selling novels of Nazi Germany. It's not quite as valuable as reading for an aspiring neonazi (face it. That is the elephant in the room) but for people with a pure historic interest it might prove exciting.
Feuerzangenbowle (place 7) is, for instance, a classic still read. It is a humorous book about pupils in school.