in Frankfurt. He dismissed the brief period of Socialist Realism as a 'childhood illness', though his buildings on Karl-Marx-Allee are now protected monuments. Henselmann retired as an architect in 1972, and died in Berlin. Selected buildings 1929-1931: Villa Kenwin, La Tour-de-Peilz, Chemin du Vallon 19, 1820 Montreux; (Switzerland), with Alexander Ferenczy 1931–1932: Heinecke House, Kleinmachnow (near Berlin) 1945: Concept for "Neubauernsiedlung Großfurra", a settlement for farmers on newly cleared farms, with 30 residential hutches of the type "Thüringen" – first such settlement after World War II in Germany 1951: Hochhaus an der Weberwiese, Berlin 1953–1956: Towers on Frankfurter Tor and Strausberger Platz, Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin 1958: Study for a TV Tower (early version of the Berlin TV Tower, 1969) 1961–1964: Haus des Lehrers, Alexanderplatz, Berlin 1968–1970: Leninplatz, Berlin (since 1992: Platz der Vereinten Nationen) 1968: City-Hochhaus Leipzig, formerly University of Leipzig 1972: Jen-Tower, Jena References Anders Åman, Architecture and Ideology in Eastern Europe in the Stalin Era (MIT, 1988) External links Hermann Henselmann and the Architecture of German Socialist Realism- article in Slavonica Hermann Henselmann: Architect Portrait (in German) 1905 births 1995 deaths People from Südharz People from the Province of Saxony German people of Jewish descent Socialist Unity Party of Germany politicians Members of the Provisional Volkskammer Members of the Landtag of Thuringia Cultural Association of the GDR members East German architects Modernist architects 20th-century German architects Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit (honor clasp) Academic staff of Bauhaus University, Weimar Burials at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf