German Pavilion (1937 Paris Exposition)

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The German Pavilion at the 1937 Paris Exposition was a monumental, starkly modernist structure designed by Albert Speer to project Nazi Germany’s power and ideology on the international stage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi propaganda architecture ⓘ
building ⓘ
exhibition pavilion ⓘ
architecturalMovement Nazi architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Albert Speer’s early major works ⓘ
Third Reich ⓘ
commissionedBy Adolf Hitler’s regime ⓘ
Nazi government ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Germany
country Germany ⓘ
demolished yes ⓘ
demolishedAfter end of the 1937 exposition ⓘ
designer Albert Speer ⓘ
event 1937 Paris Exposition ⓘ
Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne ⓘ
exhibitionType national pavilion ⓘ
function national showcase for German technology and culture ⓘ
propaganda display ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
historicalSignificance architectural manifestation of Nazi foreign propaganda in the 1930s ⓘ
key example of Nazi exhibition design ⓘ
influencedBy classical monumental architecture ⓘ
intendedAudience international visitors ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
material glass ⓘ
steel ⓘ
stone ⓘ
notableFeature eagle symbol of the Third Reich ⓘ
large swastika emblems ⓘ
stark, austere façade ⓘ
tower-like vertical massing ⓘ
opposedTo Soviet Pavilion (1937 Paris Exposition) ⓘ
politicalContext Nazi Germany ⓘ
purpose to project Nazi Germany’s power ⓘ
to promote Nazi ideology internationally ⓘ
spatialRelationship faced the Soviet Pavilion across the main axis of the exposition ⓘ
style modernist ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
stripped classicism ⓘ
symbolism expression of German national strength ⓘ
visual representation of Nazi ideology ⓘ
theme Germany as a modern technological power ⓘ
order, discipline, and strength ⓘ
year 1937 ⓘ

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Soviet Pavilion (1937 Paris Exposition) → faced → Nazi Germany Pavilion (1937 Paris Exposition) ⓘ
linked to: German Pavilion (1937 Paris Exposition)