[In München haben sich erstaunlich viele NS-Bauten über die so genannte "Stunde Null" hinübergerettet und werden heute mit unkommentierter Selbstverständlichkeit genutzt, so auch das ehemalige "Luftgaukommando" mit komplettem nationalsozialistischen Fassadendekor.]
The existence of authentic objects helps remembrance and debate. In case of national-socialist relicts bare presence isn't enough!
Next to the "Haus der Kunst" in Munich - place of the exhibition "no. 250. eine ausstellung" by H&dM - there's another building dating of the national-socialist regime: the former headquarter of air raid defence ("Luftgaukommando"). In contrast to the "Haus der Kunst" there is no information on site about the history of the building, even worse: national-socialist figures and ornaments are maintained all over the facade.
It's well known that there hasn't been the "big change" in mind in 1945; obviously in Munich people still feel comfortable with their NS-relicts - there are plenty. Of course it was quite practical to reuse NS-architecture after the war. Since may 1945 the former headquarter of air raid defence houses the Bavarian ministry of economy, infrastructure, traffic and technology.
In 1978 the 250 m long building got restored: steel helmets above windows lovingly got protected from bird-excrements, not even the swastikas, part of window decorations, were removed. Argument of the responsible department: "the swastika-ornament used in secondary location and not precisely modelled shows the human idol behind it".
The Bavarian ministry informs on its website about the "spectacular building constructed between 1936 and 1938" with no further comment on its past and current perception.
What's wrong about pigeon-guano on top of Nazi-relicts?
Text: Ute Bauer
June 01, 2006
Munich: 1933 - 2006. München: 1933 - 2006.
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Just what is wrong with this building? Would you perhaps prefer that all the offending pieces were removed - so that we can pretend they never existed? Why not rip down the Haus der Kunst, the Feldherrenhalle, Pinothek, Hofbrauhaus and all the rest of them. Hey, why not even pull down the Dachau memorial site? If we pretend this part of history did not happen we are bound to repeat it.
As I mentioned in the first sentence, I agree totally with you about the necessity and importance of authentic buildings to keep up remembrance and debate. The only critique was that there is zero information about the national socialist period at the building site, which might be acceptable in some cases but - at least in my opinion - not for svastica-windows.
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