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One of the first major events in the arts during the Weimar Republic was the founding of an organization, the ( November Group ) on December 3, 1918.

This group was established in the aftermath of the November beginning of the German Revolution of 1918 – 1919, when Communists, anarchists and pro-republic supporters had fought in the streets for control of the government.

In 1919, the Weimar Republic was established.

Around 100 artists of many genres who identified themselves as avant-garde joined the November Group.

They held 19 exhibitions in Berlin until the group was banned by the Nazi regime in 1933.

The group also had chapters throughout Germany during its existence, and brought the German avant-garde art scene to world attention by holding exhibits in Rome, Moscow and Japan.

Its members also belonged to other art movements and groups during the Weimar Republic era, such as architect Walter Gropius ( founder of Bauhaus ), and Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht ( agitprop theatre ).

The artists of the November Group kept the spirit of radicalism alive in German art and culture during the Weimar Republic.

Many of the painters, sculptors, music composers, architects, playwrights, and filmmakers who belonged to it, and still others associated with its members, were the same ones whose art would later be denounced as " degenerate art " by Adolf Hitler.