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In the Wake of War - The Reconstruction of German Cities After World War II (Hardcover)
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In the Wake of War - The Reconstruction of German Cities After World War II (Hardcover)
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In 1945, Germany's cities lay in ruins, destroyed by Allied bombers
that left major architectural monuments badly damaged and much of
the housing stock reduced to rubble. At the war's end, observers
thought that it would take forty years to rebuild, but by the late
1950s West Germany's cities had risen anew. The housing crisis had
been overcome and virtually all important monuments reconstructed,
and the cities had reclaimed their characteristic identities.
Everywhere there was a mixture of old and new: historic churches
and town halls stood alongside new housing and department stores;
ancient street layouts were crossed or circled by wide arteries;
old city centers were balanced by garden suburbs laid out according
to modern planning principles. In the Wake of War examines the
questions raised by this remarkable feat of urban reconstruction.
Jeffry M. Diefendorf explains who was primarily responsible for the
reconstruction, what accounted for the speed of rebuilding, and how
priorities were set and decisions acted upon. He argues that in
such crucial areas as architectural style, urban planning, historic
preservation, and housing policy, the Germans drew upon personnel,
ideas, institutions, and practical experiences from the Nazi and
pre-Nazi periods. Diefendorf shows how the rebuilding of West
Germany's cities after 1945 can only be understood in terms of
long-term continuities in urban development. The first
comprehensive book in English on Germany's reconstruction, In the
Wake of War examines postwar urban reconstruction from many
perspectives, including architecture, historic restoration,
housing, town planning and law, and it consistently interprets the
features of Germanreconstruction within the context of continuous
developments in these areas since the 1920s. This study will appeal
to architects and urban planners as well as historians.
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