Title: How Did Germany Rebuild After World War II? - The Aleppo Project
Headings: How Did Germany Rebuild After World War II?
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How Did Germany Rebuild After World War II?
What was the impact on planning on reconstruction in Germany?
When did thinking about reconstruction start in Germany?
What were the implications of local management?
How did German’s clear the rubble from their cities so effectively?
How was Berlin rebuilt after the war?
How did Germany deal with buildings with histories of terror and violence?

Content: The Reconstruction of German Cities after World War II, The Rebuilding of Europe’s Bombed Cities, Rebuilding Urban Japan after 1945, and Transnationalism and the German City. His work on Germany examines how the country managed an extremely rapid urban regeneration in a decentralised manner. Different cities approached the problems in various ways, often depending on how their planning departments functioned before the war. In the longer-term, one issue has become clear. Those cities that used the historic street plans and maintained traditional urban density have become more attractive places that those that opened up urban space in a modernist way. Professor Diefendorf is currently looking at whether cities that are destroyed in civil wars recover in different ways to those damaged by inter-state conflict. What was the impact on planning on reconstruction in Germany? People who own properties wanted to restore them straightaway after they had been damaged. During the bombing people were restoring businesses and homes immediately. But planners often wanted to change things.