{"id":1250,"date":"2015-05-01T23:51:12","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T23:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2019-10-29T12:59:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T12:59:21","slug":"construction-takes-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2015\/05\/01\/construction-takes-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Takes Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hitler wanted architecture to be utilitarian. The Nazis began construction after they seized power. It seems sort of ridiculous all of the projects they undertook. They built the Olympic Stadium, the Tempelhof airport, and the Germania project. The Germania project was the plan for the new capital, with new ceremonial buildings and space for political events. To accomplish this feat, Hitler used Albert Speer to put forth Hitler\u2019s architectural plans. Speer had the job of redesigning Berlin. Part of this structure included a Circus that would serve as the central place for entertainment in the city.<\/p>\n

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\nIt is truly monumental the amount of tasks that the Nazis took on. From the war, to social experiments, and construction projects, it was much they tried to accomplish. It seems out of place in my mind that amidst all the hardships, the Nazis found it suitable to build a circus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hitler wanted architecture to be utilitarian. The Nazis began construction after they seized power. It seems sort of ridiculous all of the projects they undertook. They built the Olympic Stadium, the Tempelhof airport, and the Germania project. The Germania project was the plan for the new capital, with new ceremonial buildings and space for political…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-field-studies","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17911,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions\/17911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}