Nazi architecture

Ludwig Ruff was one of Adolf Hitler's architects. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ludwig Ruff"

Nazi architecture was an integral part of the Nazi party's plans to create a cultural and spiritual rebirth in Germany as part of the Third Reich. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nazi architecture"

Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, refers to the German Empire in the years 1933– 1945, when it was under the control of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), or Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as chancellor and head of state. Nazi Germany worked in close proximity with and were allies with Imperial Japan (under Emperor Hirohito) and Fascist Italy (under Benito Mussolini) under the Berlin- Rome- Tokyo Axis. It was main part of the Axis Powers in World War II. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nazi Germany"

Nazi party rally grounds (in German Reichsparteitagsgelände) is the name of a site in the southeast of Nuremberg ( UGN: ), where the Nazi party rallies were held from 1933 until 1938. It includes the Congress Hall, the Zeppelin Field, the Märzfeld ( March Field), the Deutsche Stadion (german stadium), the former Stadion der Hitlerjugend ("stadium of the Hitler Youth", today Frankenstadion) and the Große Straße ("great road"). Parts of the area are today used as the Norisring racing track. The party grounds were planned by Hitler's first architect Albert Speer (except of the Congress hall, which was planned by Ludwig and Franz Ruff). ...more on Wikipedia about "Nazi party rally grounds"

The Olympiastadion (Olympic Stadium) is a sports stadium in Berlin. There have been two stadia on the site: the present facility, and one that was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March and the second by his son Werner March. ...more on Wikipedia about "Olympic Stadium, Berlin"

Paul Bonatz (1877-1956) was a German architect, member of the Stuttgart School and professor at the technical university in that city during part of World War II. ...more on Wikipedia about "Paul Bonatz"

Paul Schmitthenner was one of Adolf Hitler's architects. He graduated from the Stuttgart School. His belief that the traditional methods and styles in architecture revealed best the German character led to his appointment as expert group leader for fine arts in the Kampfbund. However, despite offical approval, his enthusiasm did not bring many large commissions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Paul Schmitthenner"

Paul Schultze-Naumburg was one of Adolf Hitler's architects and one of its most vocal political critics of modern architecture. Schultze-Naumburg with German architects Alexander von Senger, Eugen Honig, Konrad Nonn, and German Bestelmeyer were members of a National Socialist para-governmental propaganda unit called the Kampfbund deutscher Architekten und Ingenieure (KDAI). ...more on Wikipedia about "Paul Schultze-Naumburg"

Paul Ludwig Troost ( August 17, 1878 – 21 March 1934) born in Elberfeld. An extremely tall, spare-looking, reserved Westphalian with a close-shaven head, Troost belonged to a school of architects, Peter Behrens and Walter Gropius who, even before 1914, reacted sharply against the highly ornamental Jugendstil and advocated a restrained, lean architectural approach, almost devoid of ornament. Troost graduated from designing steamship décor before World War I, and the fittings for showy transatlantic liners like the Europa, to a style that combined Spartan traditionalism with elements of modernity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Paul Troost"

Peter Behrens ( April 14, 1868– February 27, 1940) was a German architect and designer. He studied painting in Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Karlsruhe, from 1886 to 1889. In 1890, he married Lilly Kramer and moved to Munich. At first, he worked as a painter, illustrator and book-binder in a sort of artisanal way. He frequented the bohemian circles and was interested in subjects related to the reform of life-styles. In 1899 Behrens accepted the invitation of the Grand-duke Ernst-Ludwig of Hesse to be the second member of his artist colony recently inaugurated in Darmstadt, where Behrens built his own house and fully conceived everything inside the house (furniture, towels, paintings, pottery, etc.) The building of this house is considered to be the turning point in his life, when he left the artistic circles of Munich and moved away from the Jugendstill towards a sober and austere style of design. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peter Behrens"

Prora was a Nazi-planned spa on the island Rügen, Germany. The massive building complex was built 1936- 1939 as a Kraft durch Freude (KdF) project. The eight buildings are identical, and while they were planned as a holiday locale, they were never used. This is an example of the Nazi's claim to rule also over Architecture as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "Prora"

The Reich Chancellery ( German Reichskanzlei, Imperial Chancellery) was the traditional name of the office of the German Chancellor (Reichskanzler). Today the office is usually called Kanzleramt (Chancellor's Office), or more formally Bundeskanzleramt (Federal Chancellor's Office). ...more on Wikipedia about "Reich Chancellery"

Roderich Fick (1887 - 1955) was a German architect most prominent during the Nazi regime. ...more on Wikipedia about "Roderich Fick"

Rudolf Wolters a German architect believed that Adolf Hitler was the supreme builder and wrote several architectural based books including a biography on Albert Speer. Wolter's believed: ...more on Wikipedia about "Rudolf Wolters"

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Ruin value is the concept that a building be designed such that if it eventually collapsed, it would leave behind aesthetically pleasing ruins that would last far longer without any maintenance at all. The idea was pioneered by Albert Speer and supported by Hitler. Such ruins were to be a symbol of the greatness of the Third Reich, just as Greek and Roman ruins were symbolic of those civilizations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ruin value"

Tempelhof Central Airport a.k.a. Berlin Tempelhof ( German: Flughafen Tempelhof) is an airport in Berlin, Germany, situated in the south-central borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. This airport is commonly known as Tempelhof as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tempelhof International Airport"

The hard-to-translate word 'völkisch' has connotations of "folksy," "folkloric," and " populist." It comes from the German word Volk, meaning "people, nation." Essentially, the völkisch movement is the German interpretation of the Populist movement, with a romantic focus on folklore and the "organic." ...more on Wikipedia about "Völkisch movement"

The Volkshalle was a huge monumental building planned, but never built, by Adolf Hitler and his architect Albert Speer. The word Volkshalle is German for People's Hall. ...more on Wikipedia about "Volkshalle"

Welthauptstadt ("World Capital") Germania was the name Adolf Hitler gave to the projected renewal of the German Capital, part of his vision for the future of Germany after the proposed victory in World War II. Albert Speer, "the first architect of the Third Reich", produced many of the plans for the rebuilt city, only a few of which were realized. The location of Germania was never officially decided upon despite several options being considered. ...more on Wikipedia about "Welthauptstadt Germania"

Werner March was one of Adolf Hitler's architects, his most famous work being Berlin's olympic stadium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Werner March"

Wilhelm Grebe was one of Adolf Hitler's architects. Grebe noted that there were at least seventy different types of indigenous architecture in Nazi Germany and that in the future it would be impossible to preserve all of them; standardization throughtout Germany might be necessary in the future. Furthermore, he warned, it might prove impossible to use local materials in every case: ...more on Wikipedia about "Wilhelm Grebe"

Wilhelm Kreis was one of Adolf Hitler's architects. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wilhelm Kreis"

Woldemar Brinkmann was one of Adolf Hitler's architects. Across the street from the House of German Art would be built an even larger House of German Architecture, designed by Paul Troost. Brinkmann's Opera House would seat 3,000 people and would be three times as big as the Paris Opera or Vienna State Opera. ...more on Wikipedia about "Woldemar Brinkmann"

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