{"id":8691,"date":"2016-02-11T10:35:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T09:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/?p=8691"},"modified":"2016-02-24T15:48:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T14:48:10","slug":"lecture-by-loud-de-freeze-about-german-cities-before-during-and-after-the-second-world-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/?p=8691","title":{"rendered":"lecture by dr. noud de vreeze about German cities: before, during and after the Second World War."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>German cities before, during and after the Second World War. <\/p>\n<p>The bombing and destruction of German cities during the Second World War is not well described in modern urban history: More than 300 cities of more than 50.000 inhabitants were for more than half destroyed. And also, many villages and small towns were seriously damaged.<br \/>\nNever before on such a scale urban cultural heritage was so systematically laid in ruins. But also, the pace of successful reconstruction is amazing and unprecedented in history.<br \/>\nThis chapter in the history of Western Europe teaches us at least how resilient cities are, both in their physical structures as in the ideas about their most desirable design.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0220.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0220-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"_henri snel_lecture by noud the vreeze_0220\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8692\" srcset=\"http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0220-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0220-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0220.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0222-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"_henri snel_lecture by noud the vreeze_0222\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8693\" srcset=\"http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0222-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0222-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0222.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0214.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0214-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"_henri snel_lecture by noud the vreeze_0214\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8694\" srcset=\"http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0214-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0214.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0216.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0216-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"_henri snel_lecture by noud the vreeze_0216\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8695\" srcset=\"http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0216-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0216-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/inter-architecture.rietveldacademie.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/henri-snel_lecture-by-noud-the-vreeze_0216.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German cities before, during and after the Second World War. The bombing and destruction of German cities during the Second World War is not well described in modern urban history: More than 300 cities of more than 50.000 inhabitants were for more than half destroyed. And also, many villages and small towns were seriously damaged. 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