VIENNA (AP).- It was 1942 in Hitler’s Austria, a time when a late-night knock on the door could have resulted in deportation or death. Edeltrud Becher shuddered as she heard the rap of knuckles from unannounced visitors. She opened the door — and…
Memorial at Site of Auschwitz Oven Builders
ERFURT, GERMANY (AP).- A new memorial is opening in Germany that examines the role played by educated professionals such as the engineers and architects who created the crematoria ovens for Auschwitz to help carry out the Holocaust. The exhibit is hous…
Art Believed Destroyed by Nazis Found in Berlin to Go On Display at Neues Museum
BERLIN (AP).- Nearly a dozen sculptures considered by the Nazis to be “degenerate” artwork and believed to have been lost or destroyed after World War II have been unearthed during construction near Berlin’s city hall and were shown to reporters Monda…
Nazi Praise Sparks Switzerland’s Rethink of Modernist Architect Le Corbusier
GENEVA (AP).- He’s one of the titans of 20th Century architecture, but Le Corbusier is suddenly feeling the weight of history working against him. The modernist master’s legacy is coming under pressure after Switzerland’s largest bank dropped an ad cam…
Nazi Praise Sparks Switzerland’s Rethink of Modernist Architect Le Corbusier
GENEVA (AP).- He’s one of the titans of 20th Century architecture, but Le Corbusier is suddenly feeling the weight of history working against him. The modernist master’s legacy is coming under pressure after Switzerland’s largest bank dropped an ad cam…