Architecture and the destruction of the European Jews

Examines the little-explored relationship between Nazi architecture and Nazi anti-Semitism. From Alfred Rosenberg's employment of Paul Schulze-Naumberg to oppose "un-German" modern archtitects like Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe to Albert Speer's crucial role in pursuing an anti-Semitic policy in his plans for a greater Berlin, we see how Nazi architecture and its practitioners eventually came to design Auschwitz as a site for mass murder. Lesson: "We cannot separate political history from art history."