The Nazi Phantom: A Journey Following the Relics of the Third Reich
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Title
The Nazi Phantom: A Journey Following the Relics of the Third Reich
Subject
Germany--History--1933-1945
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Book Title
Post-Holocaust Studies in a Modern Context
Publication Date
2019
Publisher
IGI Global
Document Type
Book chapter
Language
English
ISBN
9781522562580
Region
Germany
Access
Restricted Access
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Abstract
This chapter seeks to examine the ways in which German cities have confronted their past through the study of heritage of Nazi architecture and design since 1945. The author has chosen to use the camera as her study tool through which she is studying Nazi architecture and design today and see them as a reflection of the German Erinnerungskultur (Memory-Culture). In the last decade, the author has travelled all over Germany following the relics of the Nazi era. These photographed journeys have resulted in more than 10,000 frames so far and is still ongoing. The radical changes in German cities after the Allied bombing left fragile urban spaces, and given the circumstances, city authorities, architects, and urban planners wanted to delay the discussion of the Nazi phantoms left behind as long as possible. After reunification, some German cities adopted the solutions discussed in this chapter, which can often be described as a complicated situation. German cities are trying to do the impossible: combining ancient legacies, buildings designed during the Third Reich and left untouched for decades, and modern and postmodern construction. The resulting mixture has a complexity not found anywhere else.
Cataloger
Kristen Walker
Collection
Citation
“The Nazi Phantom: A Journey Following the Relics of the Third Reich,” ICMGLT Digital Library, accessed November 3, 2026, https://library.icmglt.org/items/show/685.