The "degenerate" artworks included in the exhibition had come
from the most unlikely of places: museums throughout Germany.
In 1937 Goebbels had organized a committee which was ordered
to seize such artwork from the State Museums. More than 16,000
works of modern art - including masterpieces of the highest quality-
were removed from these institutions' walls and stored in Berlin.
Selections of the most "disgusting" works were readied for
inclusion in the "Degenerate Art" Exhibition.
