Die gemordete Stadt

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Die gemordete Stadt ("The Murdered City") is a classic critique of post-war German urban planning by journalists Wolf Jobst Siedler and Gina Angress and photographer Elisabeth Niggemeyer. It was originally published in 1964, and re-published in 1979 and 1993. It has been called the most influential book on architecture in post-war Germany, [1] and its effect has been linked to that of Jane Jacobs' The Death and Life of Great American Cities in the United States and Canada. [1]

The year after its initial publication, a film on the topic was produced by architectural critic Ulrich Conrads  [ de ]. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Haubrich, Rainer (13 March 2014). "Architektur: Als Deutschland seine Städte in den Tod trieb" [When Germany was driving its cities to death]. DIE WELT (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2023-06-15. Noch deutlicher als alle diese Worte sprachen die Fotografien von Elisabeth Niggemeyer, in denen das Dekor der überlieferten Stadt gegen die karge, ausgenüchterte Nachkriegsmoderne ausgespielt wurde. Das Ergebnis war vernichtend.
  2. "West-Berlin: Stadterneuerung oder Stadtzerstörung? – Zeughauskino | Deutsches Historisches Museum". Zeughauskino (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-06-15.