Matthäikirchplatz 2: Der evangelische Kunstdienst im Nationalsozialismus – Vortrag im Rahmen der Themenwoche "80 Jahre Kriegsende"

In the organizer's words:

The Protestant Art Service, which had been responsible for the relationship between art and the church since the 1920s and was based at Matthäikirchplatz during the Second World War, was initially assigned to the Ministry of the Interior from 1933, then to the Reich Chamber of Culture and finally to the Ministry of Propaganda. With its curatorial and journalistic activities, it became one of the focal points for National Socialist taste education and was involved in the Nazi exhibition "degenerate art" - an inglorious and still little-explored chapter of German church history. On April 29, 1945, firebombs destroyed his branch at Matthäikirchplatz 2 in today's Kulturforum.

With Dr. Manfred Richter, former head of the art service of the Protestant Church (retired).

The lecture is part of the city-wide theme week "80 Years of the End of the War - Liberation of Europe from National Socialism", initiated and funded by the State of Berlin and realized by Kulturprojekte Berlin with numerous partners.