Hermann Bartels

Hermann Bartels (14 April 1900, in Minden – 13 January 1989, in Essen) was a German architect and member of the Nazi Party and the Schutzstaffel (SS).

Hermann Bartels
Born(1900-04-14)April 14, 1900
Minden, Westphalia, German Empire
DiedJanuary 13, 1989(1989-01-13) (aged 88)
Essen, Westphalia, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationArchitect
SS career
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service/branch Schutzstaffel
Battles/warsWorld War II

Career as an architect for the Nazi Party

Bartels was personally close to Heinrich Himmler, who put Bartels to work on his pet project of rebuilding castles, and as such the Reichsführer-SS gave Bartels the rank of SS-Standartenführer in June 1942. In this capacity it was Bartels who redesigned the Wewelsburg castle as both the SS school and host of meetings of the leadership.[1] Bartels was attached to the Wewelsburg Office, headed by Standartenführer Siegfried Albert Taubert, from 1934 to 1937.[2] Bartels designs made liberal use of the Black Sun occult symbol, specifically on the floor of the Marble Hall and as such helped to promote its later use by neo-Nazis and Nazi mystics.[3] He also redesigned the official residence of Joseph Goebbels after the propaganda minister had declared himself unsatisfied with the original plans designed by Albert Speer.[4]

Bartels also filled the role of Gaukulturwart (Districy cultural leader) in Münster demonstrating a keen interest in environmental conservation at this post.[5]

References
  1. Jonathan Petropoulos, Art As Politics in the Third Reich, UNC Press Books, 1999, p. 172
  2. Heinz Höhne, The Order of the Death's Head: The Story of Hitler's SS, Penguin Books, 2000, p. 153
  3. Avner Falk, Anti-semitism: A History and Psychoanalysis of Contemporary Hatred, ABC-CLIO, 2008, p. 141
  4. Viktor Reimann (translated by Stephen Wendt), The Man Who Created Hitler: Joseph Goebbels, William Kimber, 1977, p. 222
  5. Frank Uekötter, The Green and the Brown: A History of Conservation in Nazi Germany, Cambridge University Press, 2006, p. 75


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