WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

NAZISM IN GERMANY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which architecture did the Nazis dislike?
A
Modernist and futuristic
B
Powerful buildings
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It is characterized by three forms: a stripped neoclassicism, typified by the designs of Albert Speer; a vernacular style that drew inspiration from traditional rural architecture, especially alpine; and a utilitarian style followed for major infrastructure projects and industrial or military complexes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Bauhaus was forced to close down in 1933 due to pressure from the Nazis. However, its ideas continued to spread all over the world along with the emigrating Bauhaus members – to the USA, Switzerland, Russia, Israel and many other countries.

Detailed explanation-3: -Upon becoming dictator in 1933, Adolf Hitler gave his personal artistic preference the force of law to a degree rarely known before. In the case of Germany, the model was to be classical Greek and Roman art, seen by Hitler as an art whose exterior form embodied an inner racial ideal.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1933, when the Bauhaus was sealed off by the Nazis, who viewed it as a breeding ground for what they called “cultural Bolshevism", the school’s director, Mies van der Rohe, went to see then culture minister Alfred Rosenberg.

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