Despina Stratigakos is professor of architecture at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
“Much has been written about Albert Speer’s monumental schemes, but
this book offers a new perspective on architecture and design under
the Third Reich. . . . Many previously unpublished illustrations
and floor plans appear in the book, testaments to how Hitler sought
to use his homes to foster an image as statesman and man of
culture.”—Michael Z. Wise, Wall Street Journal
“Combines meticulous research with elegance and wit: not qualities
normally associated with biographers of Adolf Hitler. . . .
Original, perceptive and immaculately edited, Hitler at Home offers
a splendidly unexpected angle.”—Miranda Seymour, Daily
Telegraph
“Hitler at Home is a fascinating read, which reminds us that in
Nazi Germany the architectural and the political can never be
disentangled. Like his own confected image, Hitler’s buildings
cannot be divorced from their odious political hinterland.”—Roger
Moorhouse, Times (UK)
“Meticulously researched, richly detailed, and soundly
argued.”—Martin Filler, New York Review of Books
“A page-turner. Readers with an interest in Hitler’s personal life
and in the effects of propaganda on international public sentiment
will find this book fascinating.”—Felicia J. Williamson, Library
Journal
“A fine and original study of Hitler’s carefully crafted
domesticity.”—Patrick Allington, Australian Book Review
“A chilling read.”—Nathalie Atkinson, Globe and Mail
“Despina Stratigakos’s intriguinig book examines how successive
remodelling of Hitler’s residences in Munich, Berlin and
Berchtesgaden reflected both his changing self-image, and the
evolution of his representation of the people.”—Neil Gregor,
THES
“An unfamiliar, diligently researched, illuminating account of the
means by which a singular private and social life was
invented.”—Jonathan Meades, London Review of Books
“A detailed investigation of an aspect of Hitler’s life not much
known about. . . . As always with Hitler, a carefully cultivated
public image was entirely at odds with the reality.”—Charlie
Hegarty, Catholic Herald
“In her detailed and well-researched book, Despina Stratigakos
answers the often ignored questions of how fascism is designed and
housed, exposing the ideological power of combining well-crafted
interiors with media-savvy propaganda. . . . A significant and much
needed contribution to this growing body of scholarship, Hitler at
Home is also a brave book, and for that, Stratigakos must be
commended.”—John Potvin, Design History
“[Stratigakos] has produced a major study of architectural
propaganda by revealing an important but little-known Nazi
propaganda coup: the creation of Hitler the homebody. . . . It
deserves to be widely read.”—Brian Ladd, Central European
History
#1 on KCRW Design & Architecture’s “6 Most Intriguing Books of
2016” list
Shortlisted for the 2016 Wallace K. Ferguson Prize, given by the
Canadian Historical Association
Listed on The Telegraph’s “100 Best Books of 2015”
“In a book of rich detail, Stratigakos lays out the complex and
multilayered significance of the three main residences that Adolf
Hitler once called home. She shows how their designs shed new light
on the instrumental use of culture by the regime, and how
sensationalized meanings were projected onto the structures from
abroad both during and after the Nazi period.”—Paul B. Jaskot,
DePaul University; Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts,
National Gallery of Art
“Stratigakos convincingly argues that the production of Hitler’s
domesticity was among the regime’s most successful propaganda
campaigns, serving to transform Germany’s leader from odd bachelor
to civilized statesman.”—Karen Fiss, California College of the
Arts
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