The Architecture of Oppression - The SS, Forced Labor and the Nazi Monumental Building Economy

This book re-evaluates the architectural history of Nazi Germany and looks at the development of the forced-labour concentration camp system.

List of contents

List of Illustrations. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. 1. Introduction: The Architectural Policy of the SS. 2. The Interest of the SS in the Monumental Building Economy. 3. The Party Rally Grounds at Nuremberg: SS Economic Goals and National Socialist Architectural Policy. 4. The Rebuilding of Berlin: The Interdependence of the GBI and the SS. 5. The Political Function of SS Architecture.6.Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

About the author

Paul B. Jaskot is Assistant Professor in the department of Art and Art History at DePaul University in Chicago. His work focuses on the relationship between culture and politics in modern European Art and Architecture.

Summary

This book re-evaluates the architectural history of Nazi Germany and looks at the development of the forced-labour concentration camp system.

Product details

• Authors: Paul B Jaskot, Paul B. Jaskot
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.1999
• EAN: 9780415173667
• ISBN: 978-0-415-17366-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 570 g
• Series: Architext
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, The arts: general issues, Social & cultural history, ARCHITECTURE / General, History of art / art & design styles, The environment, Labour / income economics, History of Art, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History of Architecture, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, History and Archaeology, Political oppression and persecution, Theory of architecture, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, The arts: general topics