Reich Chamber of Culture
![Minister [[Goebbels]] and [[Walther Funk]], at the [[Reich Ministry of Propaganda]]. ''Referent des Ministers'' [[Karl Hanke]] is in the background (1937).](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H29353%2C_Joseph_Goebbels_im_Arbeitszimmer.jpg)
The
Reich Chamber of Culture (''
Reichskulturkammer'', abbreviated as
RKK) was a
government agency in
Nazi Germany. It was established by law on 22 September 1933 in the course of the ''
Gleichschaltung'' process at the instigation of Reich Minister
Joseph Goebbels as a professional organization of all German creative artists. Defying the competing ambitions of the
German Labour Front (DAF) under Goebbels' rival
Robert Ley, it was meant to gain control over the entire cultural life in Germany creating and promoting Aryan art consistent with
Nazi ideals.
Every artist had to apply for membership on presentation of an
Aryan certificate. A rejected inscription ''de facto'' resulted in an occupational ban.
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