Abstract

Every year from 1937 to 1944, the House of German Art in Munich hosted a so-called Great German Art Exhibition to highlight art that embodied the National Social aesthetic and world view. The photograph below shows Hitler, Goebbels (to the left of Hitler) and Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick touring the second “Great German Art Exhibition” prior to its official opening.

Hitler and his Entourage view the Second “Great German Art Exhibition” (July 10, 1938)

Source

Source: Hitler visits the exhibition with his entourage. On Hitler’s left: Goebbels and Frick. Date: July 10, 1938. Unknown photographer.
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Recommended Citation

Hitler and his Entourage view the Second “Great German Art Exhibition” (July 10, 1938), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/nazi-germany-1933-1945/ghdi:image-2074> [December 20, 2024].

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