Opening of the Haus der Deutschen Kunst and the Great German Art Exhibition
Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-2007-0605-500, photographer: not stated
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18 July 1937
Adolf Hitler opens the Great German Art Exhibition in the newly built "House of German Art" in Munich.
Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda visits the Degenerate Art Exhibition on 24 February 1938.Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-H02648, photographer: not stated19 July 1937
The Nazis present the exhibition Degenerate Art in Munich. Artists whose works are shown here can no longer exhibit or sell their art, or teach at art academies.Autumn 1937
The Oskar Kokoschka Association is established in Prague. It aims to bring together anti-fascist artists and inform the Czech population about Nazi terror in Germany.
Portrait photograph of the painter, graphic artist and illustrator John Heartfield, Oktober 1950Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-08404-0002, photographer: Neumann15 October 1937
Four works by German émigré painter and graphic artist John Heartfield are removed from an exhibition in Prague because of their criticism of the Nazi regime.16 October 1937
Premiere of Bertolt Brecht's Señora Carrar's Rifles, with Helene Weigel in the title role, in the Salle Adyar, Paris.18 October 1937
Painter László Moholy-Nagy, having emigrated from the Netherlands to the US, opens the New Bauhaus in Chicago.November 1937
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels opens the exhibition The Eternal Jew in Munich.Mainly exhibited here are works of art that have been confiscated beforehand from state collections and are now abused by the Nazis for propaganda purposes to criticise the “negative influence of Jewish art” on German culture using visual means.November 1937
Establishment of the aid organisation Church of England Committee for "Non-Aryan" Christians in EnglandBesides this aid organisation, a great many are founded in Britain. The immigrants rely on the assistance of such organisations which help them enter other countries by providing guarantees for refugees, supporting them financially and helping them find accommodation.
Austrian and German border officials lay down the border postsBundesarchiv, Bild 137-049278, photographer: not stated12 March 1938
Annexation of Austria: the "Law for the Reunification of Austria with the German Reich" is passed the next day, providing the legal basis for the annexation.31 March 1938
As a result of the annexation of Austria, Polish authorities introduce a law to prevent around 20,000 Jews with Polish nationality being repatriated from Austria. However bureaucratic conditions dictate that this measure is applied to all Poles who have spent more than five years abroad.