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Haus der Deutschen Kunst,
Munich
Part 2 -- Nazi
Leader Portraits and Party Themes
In addition to portraits of
Hitler, other Nazi leaders and military heroes were also featured. Another frequent Nazi
Party theme was the Sturm Abteilungen (SA - Brown Shirts), often shown marching through
their Communist enemies.
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"Generalfeldmarschall Hermann
Göring" by Conrad Hommel, 1939 |
"Reichsjägermeister Hermann
Göring" (Hermann Goering as Chief Huntsman) by Conrad Hommel, 1939 |
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"Bildnis Reichsminister
Heß" by Carl Horn, 1937 |
"Reichsminister Rudolf
Heß" by Walter Einbeck, 1939 |
Heinrich Himmler portrait by Conrad
Hommel.
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"Reichsminister Dr. Josef
Goebbels" by Wilhelm Pitthan, 1938 |
"SS-Gruppenführer
Heydrich" by Josef Vietze, 1941 (in the background is the Allach porcelain figure
"Der Fechter" - Heydrich was an avid fencer) |
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"Oberst Mölders" by
Wolfgang Willrich, 1941 (Werner Mölders was a popular Luftwaffe ace who was killed in a
plane crash in 1941, on his way to attend the funeral of Ernst Udet (at
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"Ernst Udet" by Jo
Hengge (Udet was a WW1 ace and Luftwaffe commander who committed suicide
in 1941). |
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"Generaloberst von
Seeckt" by Franz Triebsch, 1937 (Hans von Seeckt was a World War I leader who
commanded the Reichswehr during the Weimar Republic). |
"Eichenlaubträger
Kapitänleutnant Endraß" by Lothar Buchheim, 1942 (Engelbert Endraß was a U-boat
commander who had been awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves; killed in action in
December 1941, commanding U-567).
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The Munich Putsch, 1923, by
Schmitt (U.S. Army collections) |
"So war SA" (Thus the
SA) by Elk Eber, 1938 |
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"Appell am 23. Februar
1933" (Assembly) by Elk Eber, 1937 |
"Deutsche Passion VI" by
Richard Schwarzkopf, 1937 |
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"Und ihr habt doch
gesiegt" (Yet Victory is Yours) by Paul Hermann, 1942. This painting showed the
annual Nazi memorial ceremony at the Feldherrnhalle
in Munich, at the site where the 1923 putsch had been stopped by Bavarian police,
resulting in 16 of the putschists shot dead. The title (which can be translated
in several different ways) was from a speech by Adolf Hitler. |
"Aufbruch" (Departure)
by Willy Waldapfel, 1940 |
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"HJ-Trommler" (Hitler
Jugend Drummer) by Anni Spetzler-Proßchwitz, 1938 |
"Hoheitsadler" (National
Eagle) by Hanns Goebl, 1941 |
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"Der 30. Januar 1933" by
Arthur Kampf, 1939 (parade through Berlin on the night Hitler was named German Chancellor) |
"Feier des 9. November an der
Feldherrnhalle in München" By Paul Hermann,
1941 |
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"Heimkehr der Ostmark"
(Homecoming of Austria) by Rudolf Eisenmenger, 1941 (an allegorical painting showing
Austria liberated from its shackles by Nazi Germany) |
"High Nazi Morale Amid the
Rubble"
by Will Tschech, 1944 |
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"Reichsmarschall
Hermann Göring" by Conrad
Hommel, 1941 |
"SS-Wache" (SS Guard) by
Ferdinand Staeger |
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