Background: Most contemporary images we have of the Third Reich are in black and white. It is sometimes easy to forget that it was a movement that liked vivid color. The images on the page come from the Nazi Party’s art monthly and are pictures of a 1937 celebration titled “2000 Years of German Culture.” The same issue has pictures of the dedication of the new Munich art gallery opened that year.
The source: Die Kunst im Dritten Reich (July 1937), pp. 41-45.
2000 Years of German Culture
The decorations at the National Theatre in Munich
The Viking ship
The night float
Founders’ sculptures from Naumburg
Athena’s float
End of Prinzregentenstrasse
Last edited 10 April 2026