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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817832503321

Autore

Jaskot Paul B. <1963, >

Titolo

The architecture of oppression : the SS, forced labor and the Nazi monumental building economy / / Paul B. Jaskot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-59461-5

1-134-59462-3

1-280-40065-X

0-203-00767-0

0-203-16965-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xv, 207 p. : ill., maps

Collana

Architext series

Disciplina

943.086

Soggetti

National socialism and architecture

Forced labor - Germany

Nazi concentration camps - Germany

Germany Politics and government 1933-1945

Germany Economic policy 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Introduction -- The Architectural Policy of the SS -- chapter 2 The Interest of the SS in the Monumental Building Economy -- chapter 3 The Party Rally Grounds at Nuremberg -- SS Economic Goals and National Socialist Architectural Policy -- chapter 4 The Rebuilding of Berlin -- The Interdependence of the GBI and the SS -- chapter 5 The Political Function of SS Architecture -- chapter 6 Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book re-evaluates the architectural history of Nazi Germany and looks at the development of the forced-labour concentration camp system. Through an analysis of such major Nazi building projects as the Nuremberg Party Rally Grounds and the rebuilding of Berlin, Jaskot ties together the development of the German building economy, state architectural goals and the rise of the SS as a political and economic force. As a result, The Architecture of Oppression contributes to our understanding of the conjunction of culture and politics in the Nazi



period as well as the agency of architects and SS administrators in enabling this process.