Overview
- Description
- This collection contains material relating to the office of the Reichskunstwart, which was created in 1920 and was dissolved by the Nazis in favor of the Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda. The purpose of the office was to ensure a consistent treatment of laws and administrative measures regarding the arts. The collection provides information about state festivals, graphics, stamps, coins, architecture, painting, literature, theater, music, dance, film, the press, memorials, and Volkskunst.
- Date
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inclusive:
1920-1933
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Collection Creator
- Germany. Reichskunstwart
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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2,426 microfiche.
- System of Arrangement
- Organized by record group in the following order: Record Group R 32, File 1-14 Files 150-156 do not exist, 157-439, 441-548
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. To access Bundesarchiv collections researchers must fill out a "Request for Access to Bundesarchiv Documents." German and English-language copies of the "Law on the Preservation and Use of Federal Archival Documents" are available at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives reference desk. The requirement was stipulated by the Bundesarchiv in the cooperative agreement signed with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Conditions on Use
- Requests for reproduction must be directed to the Bundesarchiv. A copy of all publications based on its material must be provided to the Bundesarchiv. Researchers may not publish any Bundesarchiv material on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other publicly accessible on-line network without permission from the Bundesarchiv.
- Copyright Holder
- Bundesarchiv (Germany)
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Art and state--Germany. Propaganda, German.
- Geographic Name
- Germany--Politics and government--20th century.
- Corporate Name
- Germany. Reichskunstwart
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Bundesarchiv (Germany)
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Bundesarchiv, Germany, Fond R-32. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Programs Divisions acquired the microfiche from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany, in Apr. 2001. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfiche in July 2001.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 08:25:30
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508836
Additional Resources
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- Terms of Use
- This record is not digitized and cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
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