Das Haus Am Werdersche Markt: Von Der Reichsbank Zum Auswartigen Amt : The History of the New Premises of the Federal Foreign Office

by WILDEROTTER HANS (ED)

• ISBN13: 9783931321208
• ISBN10: 3931321207
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

The varied past of this building reflects German social and political history.nitially erected by the Nazis, it then became party headquarters of the SED,nd in future it will be the "Auswartiges Amt" of Germany.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
Political Architecture in Berlin: Function, Prestige and History	p. 9
Friedrichswerder: The History of a Berlin District	p. 55
"The solution of a building problem of no less than national importance": The Reichsbank Extension 1933-1990	p. 85
A Building between Architectural Worlds: The Reichsbank Extension in the Context of Architecture and Propaganda	p. 153
The Reichsbank 1933-1945: Between Economics and Politics	p. 167
"A High-Security Power Base": The Central Committee of the SED at Marx-Engels-Platz	p. 205
April to October 1990: The House of Parliamentarians	p. 253
"Don't avoid confronting history"	p. 263
"We have respect for the historical substance": Interview with Hans Kollhoff	p. 267
The buildings of the Foreign Office in the capital of Berlin	p. 275
Authors	p. 303
Sources of photographs	p. 304
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