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Architecture
German architecture, Third Reich

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Photographer unknown. Public Architecture in the Third Reich. 1930s. 21 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 16 x 21,5 cm or reverse. Each mounted to thick card with printed number on the verso, in original cloth presentation portfolio with "Zeiss Spiegellicht, Zeiss Ikon" stamped in black in upper left corner.

This portfolio comprises technically elaborate photographs documenting state-sponsored architecture and public spaces in Nazi Germany during the 1930s. Included are exterior and interior views of buildings such as the Deutschlandhalle, Reich Aviation Ministry, Sportpalast, and the German Pavilion at the 1937 Paris World’s Fair, as well as images of the Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg and Unter den Linden decorated for Mussolini’s state visit. The inclusion of several night views and formal compositions suggests that the prints were likely produced for internal or promotional presentation purposes. The photographs offer visual insight into the regime’s use of architecture and spectacle to project power, ideology, and national identity. – Slight foxing in edges of mounts, a few prints with disoloration spots, most in very good condition.