In the Wake of War: The Reconstruction of German Cities after World War II

Abstract

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Bombs and Rubble: The Air War and Its Consequences -- The War from the Air -- Cities of Rubble -- 2. Work Amidst the Rubble -- Rubble Clearance and the Repair of Utilities -- Material for Rebuilding -- Labor in the Construction Industry -- Legal and Illegal Building -- 3. The Face of Reconstruction: Architectural Style -- The Bauhaus and Deutscher Werkbund -- Heimatschutz and Traditional Architecture -- Nazi Architecture and Neoclassicism -- Postwar Architecture -- 4. The Face of Reconstruction: The Role of Historic Preservation -- Principles of Historic Preservation -- Modernizing Cities -- Determined Preservationism -- Modernization and Preservation -- Conclusion -- 5. The Housing Problem -- Cooperative Housing -- Housing Policy under the National Socialists -- Postwar Housing -- 6. Town Planning to 1945 -- Planning Traditions before 1933 -- Urban Planning during the Third Reich -- The Representative Cities Program -- From Representative Cities to Reconstruction -- Reconstruction Planning -- 7. Planning and Planners after 1945 -- The Postwar Planners -- Planning Models -- The Extremes -- Pragmatic Planning -- Traffic Planning -- Conclusion -- 8. Reconstruction and Building Law -- The Framework: Building Law and Proposals for Reform to 1945 -- The Postwar Debate: Defining the Scope of a New Building Law -- Opposition to the New Laws: Property Rights and Politics -- The Struggle for a National Building Law -- Politics, Democracy, and the Law -- 9. Organizing Reconstruction -- The Role of the Allied Occupation Governments -- State and National Reconstruction Agencies -- The National Associations and Their Affiliates -- Organization at the Town Level -- Traditional Practice -- Extraordinary Agencies -- Conclusion -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I.