How do we deal with the buildings of the past?
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Additional footage and images courtesy of Copterdrone, Jörn Tirgrath, DW, Thomas Overberg, Dokumentationszentrum Prora, Berlin-Brandenburg Economic Archive: U5/3 Image archive of Philipp Holzmann AG/ Main Association of the German Construction Industry eV, Prora Solitaire.
Research sources:
Baedeker SMART Reiseführer Rügen
Evening Standard - 28/04/1999, p.37
The Observer - 29/12/1996, p.3
The Guardian - 23/11/2002, p.20
Sunday Telegraph - 28/3/1999, p.36
Klaus Winands: Der Denkmalschutz Status des ehemaligen KdF-Bades Prora und seine Begründung
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00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Rügen
01:24 - Prora
02:43 - Construction
03:14 - Post WW2
04:30 - Legacies
05:19 - The GDR
06:03 - Initial Plans
06:57 - Redevelopment Starts
08:00 - Redesign
09:13 - Prora Today
09:47 - Controversy
10:40 - Mixed Opinions
11:13 - Reconciling the Past
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