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 . [2]
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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.