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Age of Global Conflict

Art in Nazi Germany


Paul Troost, House of (German) Art (1933-37) in relation to the Great Exhibition of German Art and the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) Exhibitions of 1937 in Munich. 

The House of German Art now exhibits international contemporary art in direct opposition to original National Socialist intent.
 
Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker 

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Art in Nazi Germany
Munich, 1937

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