Art: Critic Hitler (Sequel)

One of the softer ironies at which perceptive Nazis squirm became visible last week in Bavaria. Opened by Realmleader Hitler with a 90-minute tirade against post-war esthetics (TIME, July 26), the new, massive House of German Art in Munich drew daily throngs of youths and maidens looking for Strength Through Joy in a collection of conventional paintings by young Nazi discoveries. But for every visitor who paid 50 pfennigs to see what the Führer liked in the way of art, three visitors went down the street a little to see for nothing what...

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