.The -KdF Seaside Resort- in Prora
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---This image and paragraph are from the Document Center in Prora, island of Ruegen, Germany.
The "KdF seaside resort" in Prora
The town of Prora and the "Colossus of Rügen" – originally intended to be a seaside resort of the Nazi organization "Kraft durch Freude" (KdF) – have become well-known during the past few years and are now a must for every-one visiting the island of Rügen. Prora near Binz lies in Prorer Wiek, the most beautiful bay on the island. Here, between 1936 and 1939, the "Kraft durch Freude" organization constructed the mostly finished several kilometer long complex of buildings that were to form a resort.
The Prora complex is not just a listed monumental construction of the Nazi regime! Adjacent to the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg, the KdF seaside resort in Prora is the largest architectural project of the time that was actually carried out. 20,000 people were to spend their holidays there. The seaside resort is not only interesting from the architecture perspective (implementation of modern architecture in National Socialism); it was also an element of the National Socialists’ labor and social policy, serving its aggressive military and racial policies.
The above paragraph is from this Document Center in Prora web page!
.The -KdF Seaside Resort- in Prora
.
---This image and paragraph are from the Document Center in Prora, island of Ruegen, Germany.
The "KdF seaside resort" in Prora
The town of Prora and the "Colossus of Rügen" – originally intended to be a seaside resort of the Nazi organization "Kraft durch Freude" (KdF) – have become well-known during the past few years and are now a must for every-one visiting the island of Rügen. Prora near Binz lies in Prorer Wiek, the most beautiful bay on the island. Here, between 1936 and 1939, the "Kraft durch Freude" organization constructed the mostly finished several kilometer long complex of buildings that were to form a resort.
The Prora complex is not just a listed monumental construction of the Nazi regime! Adjacent to the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg, the KdF seaside resort in Prora is the largest architectural project of the time that was actually carried out. 20,000 people were to spend their holidays there. The seaside resort is not only interesting from the architecture perspective (implementation of modern architecture in National Socialism); it was also an element of the National Socialists’ labor and social policy, serving its aggressive military and racial policies.
The above paragraph is from this Document Center in Prora web page!