Paul B Jaskot: 2 books
The Nazi Perpetrator
Postwar German Art and the Politics of the Right
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Who was responsible for the crimes of the Nazis? Party leaders and members? Rank-and-file soldiers and bureaucrats? Ordinary Germans? This question looms over German disputes about the past like few others. It also looms over the art and architecture of postwar Germany in ways that have been surprisingly...
The Architecture of Oppression
The SS, Forced Labor and the Nazi Monumental Building Economy
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
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...