A look at Adolf Hitlerâs residences and their role in constructing and promoting the dictatorâs private persona both within Germany and abroad. Adolf Hitlerâs makeover from rabble-rouser to statesman coincided with a series of dramatic home renovations he undertook during the mid-1930s. This provocative book exposes the dictatorâs preoccupation with his private persona, which was shaped by the aesthetic and ideological management of his domestic architecture. Hitlerâs bachelor life stirred rumors, and the Nazi regime relied on the dictatorâs three dwellingsâthe Old Chancellery in Berlin, his apartment in Munich, and the Berghof, his mountain home on the Obersalzbergâto foster the myth of the Führer as a morally upstanding and refined man. Author Despina Stratigakos also reveals the previously untold story of Hitlerâs interior designer, Gerdy Troost, through newly discovered archival sources.  At the height of the Third Reich, media outlets around the world showcased Hitlerâs homes to audiences eager for behind-the-scenes stories. After the war, fascination with Hitlerâs domestic life continued as soldiers and journalists searched his dwellings for insights into his psychology. The bookâs rich illustrations, many previously unpublished, offer readers a rare glimpse into the decisions involved in the making of Hitlerâs homes and into the sheer power of the propaganda that influenced how the world saw him. âInarguably the powder-keg title of the year.ââMitchell Owen, Architectural DigestâA fascinating read, which reminds us that in Nazi Germany the architectural and the political can never be disentangled. Like his own confected image, Hitlerâs buildings cannot be divorced from their odious political hinterland.ââRoger Moorhouse, Times
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