Rare Color Photographs of Streets of Berlin in 1937

By 1937, the National Socialist dictatorship had permeated every aspect of German everyday life. The previous year had been shaped by the Wehrmacht’s invasion of the demilitarized Rhineland and by the Olympic Games. Soon to follow were the “Anschluss” of Austria, the Sudeten crisis and the November pogroms. 1937, however, was characterized by a false sense of calm in Germany – including Berlin.