Category:Tag der Deutschen Kunst

English: Day of German Art (German: Tag der Deutschen Kunst) was a propaganda event organized by the Munich branch of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP-Gauleitung München-Oberbayern) aimed to celebrate the new Nazi regime in the Third Reich and promote "German art" in line with Nazi ideology. This weekend-long celebration of art and culture took place four times in Munich, Germany, the city referred to by the Nazis as the "Capital of the National Socialist Movement" (Hauptstadt der Bewegung) and the "Capital of German art" (Hauptstadt der deutschen Kunst):

1. 14-15 October 1933, in connection with the laying of the foundation stone for the House of German Art (Haus der Deutschen Kunst).
2. 16-18 July 1937, with the opening of the new House of German Art and the first Great German Art Exhibition (Die Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung). The Degenerate Art exhibition (Entartete Kunst) opened the following day, mocking modern art, Jewish and communist artists.
3. 8-10 July 1938
4. 14-16 July 1939. The event was not repeated afterward due to World War II starting with the attack on Poland in September. However, the Great German Art Exhibition was held annually until 1944.

The highlight of the event was a pompous display of historical clichés and Nazi symbols in a procession of reenactors through the streets of the city centre, called "2000 Years of German Culture" (German: Zweitausend Jahre deutsche Kultur) 1937–1939. The parades were accompanied by the openings of the annual Great German Art Exhibitions in the House of German Art with over thousand exhibits of "good" and "pure" German art, traditional figurative art promoting strength, heroism, blood and soil, family, nationalism, militarism, etc.

• External links:
  • Alamy photo archive: Tag der deutschen Kunst
  • SZ Photo archive: Tag der deutschen Kunst
  • Footage of the parade 1937
  • Colour footage of the parade 1939
  • Münchens Festzug zum Tag der Deutschen Kunst Nazi propaganda article 1938, with photos of tin figures