Best books on Third Reich architecture & culture

[The Last Kaiser]

Thanks for the link ghostsoldier!
The book looks like very interesant, unfortunately it's too much expensive.
Well... I will buy cheaper books for the moment!

Thanks!

Kaiser

[Keir]

Check out Hitler Sites: A City-by-City Guidebook (Austria, Germany, France, United States) by Steven Lehrer. It costs a rather considerable US$55, but he has a great website you can check out to start with:
http://www.stevenlehrer.com/hitler_sites.htm

[DerZug]

Hello to all. I am new here and hope to add to the quest for understanding and perspective of German history aside from the U.S. viewpoint. I am an American but was born in Munich and lived about 8 years total in Germany. I have several original books from the 30's that are quite rare and in mint condition. They all are "cigaretten" editions and one is of WW I. I hope to discover more about these wonderful editions for my Grandfather gave them to me, he served in the German Army and ironically my father served in the U.S. Army. Long story! The photos are brillant and I have never seen them in print anywhere. I am not fluent in German but I'm quite curious how the Germany of that time viewed the world and the years of Hitler. If the written material is anything like the photos it should be very interesting. Take care and hope to have a dialogue with anyone who is interested or has an opinion.

[Geoff Walden]

Hi DerZug,

Welcome to the forum!

There have been several threads about these cigarette card books. A search should turn them up. Some editions were pretty common and don't command very high prices these days, while others were somewhat rare even in the 1930s, and so sell for hundreds of dollars now. It all depends on the rarity, subject, and condition. If you post a listing of the books here, I'm sure folks can give an opinion of their current value.

Geoff Walden

[muller1945]

Hi, tho the chancellery book by speer is expensive, its well worth having it and it will keep its value. I own a copy tho it is in a bit worn condtion, but well worth it for the blue prints, mass of photographs.

muller

[ReichDefender]

See Excellent Book:HITLER AND THE POWER OF AESTHETICS by Frederic Spotts.Its heavily reearched fair and entertaining.

[Grünherz]

See Excellent Book:HITLER AND THE POWER OF AESTHETICS by Frederic Spotts.Its heavily reearched fair and entertaining.

Gee! I have a part-time job at a bookstore* and just saw a copy today! I'll have to go back and pick it up. (and I DO get a discount! ). The cover has a picture of Hitler looking at what I believe is a model of the "future" Linz---not sure about that, however---got to buy the book and check it out.
Tom

*(Moe's Books in Berkeley, California, US. Check it out online; we ship all over the world and have an amazing selection---although only the SMALLEST part is online)

[Tenlein]

I have a two-volume set from the 30's specifically on the architecture of Hitler Youth facilities (quite a niche subject!). It's at home, so I don't have the title handy, but I've been thinking I should scan and post the pics somewhere. Is that something I could do here, or is that too much bandwidth?

Actually, I see from the guidelines that no more than two from a book are allowed - I wonder if this set is still under copyright? Are most books published under the National Socialist publishing house still under copyright (i.e. by the German government or something)?

[Charles78]

Germania: A Novel, by Brendan McNally (Four stars), is a wonderful farce which skewers the vainglorious pomposity of the last days of the Reich. The murderous Nazi fantasy of “Aryan” Übermensch, made only too real by the willingness of so many Germans to do the Führer's bloody work, resulted in millions of innocents murdered in cold blood. With the might of what Eisenhower called the “United Nations” brought against it, the Third Reich eventually had to collapse. Hitler committed suicide on 30 April 1945. In his political testament, he appointed Grand Admiral Dönitz as his successor. The Third Reich thus continued for another twenty days until the principals were arrested and jailed.

In those final twenty days, the Third Reich degenerated into a bizarre fantasy world in which men like Himmler hung around hoping Grand Admiral Dönitz might give them a job in the new government. This while Germany was being pounded into dust by the Allies, furious that the Germans wouldn't give up. Dönitz, who should have been hanged as a war criminal instead of being sent to prison, set up the last government of the Third Reich in the Gymnasium of the German Naval Academy, located outside of Kiel in the suburb of Flensburg/Mürwik, where it is located to this day.

Read more at my website, Charles McCain http://blog.charlesmccain.com/2010/10/l ... fully.html

[ahlberto]

We don't have such a list at the moment, but I'll sticky this thread so we can create one here.

/Marcus

Thanks, Marcus...I think it would come in handy!

At one time, many years ago (about 20), I owned a book entitled "Art and Architecture in the Third Reich"....it was about 8" x 10", and had a black cover with red lettering....somehow, I have since lost it, but what I remember of it, it was quite informative, and full of pictures and informative text. Unfortunately, I have not been able to relocate it anywhere for purchase, Does the title sound familiar to anyone?

And thanks for the link to the Reich Chancellery book, Helly!
Rob

Hi guys,Carlos here from Portugal.About books ive had many years ago a book made by Albert Speer with the drawings for the future Berlin.I sold that book to a friend of mine so it isnt lost.Ive too the Hitler speech in French comemorating 1 year of the nazi rising to power

[ahlberto]

We don't have such a list at the moment, but I'll sticky this thread so we can create one here.

/Marcus

Thanks, Marcus...I think it would come in handy!

At one time, many years ago (about 20), I owned a book entitled "Art and Architecture in the Third Reich"....it was about 8" x 10", and had a black cover with red lettering....somehow, I have since lost it, but what I remember of it, it was quite informative, and full of pictures and informative text. Unfortunately, I have not been able to relocate it anywhere for purchase, Does the title sound familiar to anyone?

And thanks for the link to the Reich Chancellery book, Helly!
Rob

Hi guys,Carlos here from Portugal.About books ive had many years ago a book made by Albert Speer with the drawings for the future Berlin.I sold that book to a friend of mine so it isnt lost.Ive too the Hitler speech in French comemorating 1 year of the nazi rising to power

Hi the book i had was in fact from Albert Speer, "Neue Deutsche Baukunst," Berlin, 1943 .It was a wonderful book and i think i have to buy him back...

[gustav109]

For history of cinema in 3 Reich I highly recommend:

Film in the Third Reich by David Hull;

Though not as comprehensive, but reviews selected movies, "Nazi Cinema" by Erwin Leiser.

General coverage of the Nazi State "A social History of the Third Reich" by Richard Grunberger.

Two excellent books on art:

"Art in the Third Reich" by Berthold Hinz and "Art of the Third Reich" by Peter Adam. Both books cover pure art, sculpture and architecture.

Cheers

Michael

[Quentin2014]

I highly recommend Leon Krier's Book Albert Speer. The book has the full story and drawings behind Hitler's wish to rebuild Berlin. Fantastic book.

[Haven]

The Ideological Origins of Nazi Imperialism
Woodruff D. Smith
Oxford University Press
1989

This study traces the evolution of imperialist ideology in Germany from Bismarck in the mid-19th century through Hitler. Smith argues that it was the way in which Nazis attempted to reconcile two century-old ideologies--the élite, pro-industrial Weltpolitick and the popular-based, pro-agraian Lebensraum--that resulted in Germany's disastrous policies during World War II. This is the first book to treat Nazi imperialism as a separate ideology and set it within a sturdy theoretical framework.

Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=y25sW ... sm&f=false

I own this in PDF! -- Haven

[Fatih21]

I am new and I'm searching for complete chancellery plans, all the floors not only the main floor with the official halls, also I will want to see a Old Chancellery plans with Hitler's private rooms and the Siedler extension.