Table of Contents
Introduction - Collective Guilt? (Kollectivschuld?) ix
Introduction to 2021 Edition xv
Chapter 1 Establishing the Faith (Gründung der Glaube) 1
Nuremberg Rally Grounds 3
Bürgerbräukeller and Hofbräuhaus, Munich 10
Wewelsburg Castle, Paderborn 13
Neue Wache, Berlin and Tannenberg Memorial, Poland 16
Brown House and Ehrentempel Munich 22
Chapter 2 Strength Through Joy (Kraft Durch Freude) 30
Prora-Rügen Holiday Camp, Rügen Island 31
German Autobahn Network, Chiemsee Rasthaus and 'Strecke 46" 35
Haus der Kunst, Munich 41
Thingstätten 44
Carinhall, Schorfheide Forest 48
Berchtesgaden and the Obersalzberg 49
Chapter 3 Enforcement (Durchsetzung) 58
Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau 59
Göring's Air Ministry, Berlin 66
NS-Ordensburg Vogelsang, Sonthofen and Krössinsee 68
Gestapo Headquarters, Berlin 72
Reichstag and the Kroll Opera House 75
Chapter 4 Showing off to the World (Vorführung Auf der Weltbühne) 81
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympics Sites 82
Berlin Olympic Stadium 88
German Pavilion at the World's Fair, Paris, 1937 97
Berlin Tempelhof and Munich-Riem Airports 98
Führerbau Building, Munich 105
Chapter 5 Future Fantasies (Zukunftsphantasien) 110
Welthauptstadt Germania, Berlin 111
Führerstadt Linz, Austria 114
Pabst Plan, Warsaw and Nordstern, Trondheim, Norway 116
Deutsches Stadion, Achtel 120
Nuremberg Congress Hall 123
Chapter 6 War and Implosion (Krieg Und Götterdämmerung) 126
VW Factory, Wolfsburg 127
Valentin Bunker, Bremen 132
Flaktowers Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna 137
Reimahg Factory, Walpersberg 139
Engelberg Tunnel, Leonberg 141
Project Riese Complex, Poland 143
Wolf's Lair, Ketrzyn, Poland 145
Bendlerblock, Berlin 148
Chapter 7 Holocaust (Holocaust) 152
Wannsee House, Berlin 153
Auschwitz Extermination Camp, Oswiecim, Poland 156
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Oranienburg 159
Schindler Factories, Brnenec, Czech Republic and Krakow, Poland 161
Chapter 8 Downfall (Untergang) 166
Peenemünde Rocket Site, Usedom 167
Reich Chancellery and Führerbunker, Berlin 170
Dresden City Centre 176
Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Bergen 179
Conclusion - Coming to Terms with the Past (Vergangenheitsbewältigung) 184
Bibliography 192
Acknowledgements 195
Index 196