The Destruction of Architecture
The Allied bombing campaigns over the German cities during World War II produced a vast landscape of destruction, which has been the object of reports, accounts and fictional narratives. Cities and buildings, a fundamental architectural heritage binding individuals and communities to their existenti...
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| Language: | English |
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TU Delft OPEN Publishing
2024-09-01
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| Series: | Footprint |
| Online Access: | https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/footprint/article/view/6942 |
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| Summary: | The Allied bombing campaigns over the German cities during World War II produced a vast landscape of destruction, which has been the object of reports, accounts and fictional narratives. Cities and buildings, a fundamental architectural heritage binding individuals and communities to their existential spaces, were annihilated in the most extensive act of deliberate destruction in human history. In this article, I look into the work of three authors – Heinrich Böll, Stig Dagerman and Hans Erich Nossack – to outline the effects of the bombings on the survivors, and on their relationship to both urban space and architectural heritage. |
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| ISSN: | 1875-1504 1875-1490 |