"We shall discover and encourage the artists who are able to impress upon the State of the German people the cultural stamp of the Germanic race . . . in their origin and in the picture which they present they are the expressions of the soul and the ideals of the community." (Hitler, Party Day speech, 1935)
On the day of the German Arts Festival in 1937, Hitler opened a dual exhibition to commemorate the House of German Art, one of Nazi approved art call the Great German Art Exhibition and another of Degenerate Art. The exhibitions were organized by the Reich Propaganda Directorate, headed by Joseph Goebbels. Fritz Kaiser was responsible for the contents of the catalogue and was published by the Nazis. Adolf Zeigler was the curator. The Nazis viewed both exhibitions as important propaganda tools.
"Exhibitions are constructed to represent a point of view to audiences". …
