This book re-evaluates the architectural history of Nazi Germany and looks at the development of the forced-labour concentration camp system.

This book re-evaluates the architectural history of Nazi Germany and looks at the development of the forced-labour concentration camp system. Through an analysis of such major Nazi building projects as the Nuremberg Party Rally Grounds and the rebuilding of Berlin, Jaskot ties together the development of the German building economy, state architectural goals and the rise of the SS as a political and economic force. As a result, The Architecture of Oppression contributes to our understanding of the conjunction of culture and politics in the Nazi period as well as the agency of architects and SS administrators in enabling this process.

List of Illustrations. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. 1. Introduction: The Architectural Policy of the SS. 2. The Interest of the SS in the Monumental Building Economy. The Development of the SS and the Concentration Camp System. The German Building Economy, 1933-8. SS Concentration Camps and the Formation of DEST. DEST and the Monumental Building Economy During the War. Productivity and Punishment at
the DEST Stone Quarries. 3. The Party Rally Grounds at Nuremberg: SS Economic Goals and National Socialist Architectural Policy. The Function of the Party Rally Grounds at Nuremberg. Creation of the Zweckverband Reichsparteitag Nurnberg. Building at Nuremberg, 1935-9. Building at Nuremberg during the War. SS Economic Goals and the Party Rally Grounds. 4. The Rebuilding of Berlin: The Interdependence of the
GBI and the SS. The Function of National Socialist Building in Berlin. The Formation of the GBI. The Redesign of Berlin, 1937-9. Building in Berlin during the War. SS Economic
concerns and Speer's Plans for Berlin. The Soldiers' Hall and KL Flossenburg. 5. The Political Function of SS Architecture. The Function of Architecture in the SS. Building at KL
Flossenburg. Building at KL Mauthausen. 6. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.