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The big, very heavily illustrated art magazine Die Kunst im dritten Reich (The Arts in the Third Reich) and Die Kunst im deutschen Reich (The Arts in the German Reich) was first published in January 1937 by Gauleiter Adolf Wagner. After the first six monthly issues the format was changed and it was published at the direction of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler himself, under the supervision of an extremely prestigious group of directors that included Professor Dr. Ing. Fritz Todt, Professor Albert Speer, Professor Richard Klein of the Academy of Applied Arts in Munich and Professor Leonhard Gall of Studio Troost in München.

The magazine was large in size (11 x 14 inch), huge is scope and right to the end it was published by Zentralverlag der NSDAP, Franz Eher Nachfolger (the Central Publishing House of the Nazi Party) on fine quality paper using the best available inks.   Huge full-page, full-color and black & white photographs dominated the format of Die Kunst im deutschen Reich. Many of the pictures were never published elsewhere and none were published in a larger format.

Offered for sale on this USMBOOKS web page are the last issues of Die Kunst im Deutschen Reich published - January, February, March, April, May, June/July and August/September 1944 magazines. The February, March and April 1944 issues are the rare Ausgabe B, meaning they also contain the Die Baukunst section featuring articles on architecture as well as architectural drawings. 

January, Ausgabe A contains a color portrait of Professor Paul Ludwig Troost (the first and favorite architect of Adolf Hitler) at his drawing board (shown above). Sculptures include the Wounded Grenadier by Reiss-Schmidt (shown right), Sister Annemarie by Döbrich, and others by Dorn, Butzke, Seidl, Miller, Koelle and Zettlitzer. Taped spine, 24 pages, no odor.

February, Ausgabe B features the sculptures of Ulfert Janssen, Italian landscapes of Karl Heinz Dallinger and the architecture section Die Baukunst has interesting information and illustrations on citadel cities all over Greater Germany (including Spandau shown below). Taped spine, 48 pages, no odor.

April, Ausgabe B contains artwork by Theo Ortner including U-Boot (submarine) pens, the Atlantic Wall, Defense of the Canal Coast, and wood carvings by Swibert Lobisser. The architectural section studies the subject of inscriptions on monuments and buildings. Taped spine, 54 pages, no odor

March, Ausgabe B has the Robert Streit painting of famous movie star Paula Wessely, an Andreas Patzelt painting of opera singer Esther Rethy, portraits by Viennese artists, and sculptures by Bertel Thorvaldsen. The Baukunst section has an article about classical buildings in Italy and gothic churches in Germany.  Taped spine, 48 pages, no odor.

June/July, Ausgabe A contains nude sculptures by Richard Scheibe, as well as his bust of fallen Knights Cross winner Friedrich von Homeyer. Also paintings by Hans Frank and busts by various sculptors. Taped spine, 34 pages, no odor.

The rare 'last' August/September 1944 issue contains the striking Paul Roloff painting Gebirgsjäger der Waffen-SS as well as additional information about paintings and sculptures on display at the 1944 Grosse deutsche Kunstausstellung in the House of German Art in Munich. Taped spine, 54 pages, no odor.

These SEVEN Die Kunst im Deutschen Reich magazines, the complete last year of publication, have color and black & white images, and are in very good used condition. We have gone through the magazines to the best of our ability and did not notice missing pages. However, we did not count every page. The spines are taped, and the magazines do not have a musty odor.

May, Ausgabe A features paintings by Dannot, Paetsch, Wildhagen, Gebelein, Meseck, Herdemertens, Zeuner, Kulm, Lipczinski, Schmutzer, and others. Taped spine, 24 pages, no odor.