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Germania: Architecture in a Fascist Utopia

Germania: Architecture in a Fascist Utopia

Released Thursday, 27th June 2019
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Germania: Architecture in a Fascist Utopia

Germania: Architecture in a Fascist Utopia

Germania: Architecture in a Fascist Utopia

Germania: Architecture in a Fascist Utopia

Thursday, 27th June 2019
 2 people rated this episode
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In 1938, Hitler’s chief architect Albert Speer started redesigning Berlin for a New Order, elements of which exist today. The Tempelhof Airport in West Berlin features designs that specifically evoke the Third Reich. Following the end of World War II, the airport became a crucial access point for the US and British to bring food through the Berlin Blockade. It was closed in 2008, and then became a park, and emergency refugee housing. But the buildings remain. What do we do with the everyday reminders of a dark history? EDITOR'S NOTE: one instance of explicit language.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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