MONOCULTURE: CASE STUDIES

Wunder des Lebens, 1936
Book , 22.5 x 30.5 cm
ink, paper

Bruno Gebhard, Wunder des Lebens (Miracle of Life), 1936
Published by Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft
First edition 


Organised by Bruno Gebhard (1901-1985), a professional physician who was known as a curator of several renowned propaganda exhibitions, including Die Frau in FamilieHaus und Beruf (1933) and Deutsches Volk-Deutsche Arbeit (1934), the exhibition Das Wunder des Lebens introduced new representations on the theme of ‘Der Mensch' (‘The Human’). It was shown in Berlin at the Kaiserdamm and the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, in 1935, and later travelled to other locations.