The 8^th of May marks the 80th anniversary of Europe's liberation from National Socialism. It is being commemorated everywhere. But remembrance falls short if it only focuses on the end of the war, the "collapse". It is also necessary to remember the long twelve years that led up to the 8^th of May 1945 and to take a stand on the complex legacy of the dictatorship. Urban development played an often underestimated role in the stabilisation and duration of the dictatorship. On the 8^th of May 2025, a basic work on National Socialist urban planning will be published, which will be presented on this day at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. Afterwards, we will discuss how a university can contribute to the culture of remembrance on a former barracks site.

New book:

• URBAN DEVELOPMENT UNDER NATIONAL SOCIALISM
• Attack, triumph, terror in the European context 1933 ¨C 1945
• Harald Bodenschatz/Victoria Grau/Christiane Post/Max Welch Guerra (eds.)
• Authors: Uwe Altrock, Harald Bodenschatz, Victoria Grau, Jannik Noeske, Christiane Post and Max Welch Guerra,
• with contributions by Christian von Oppen and Piero Sassi
• 623 pages and 700 illustrations

Event:

The book will be presented by Victoria Grau, Jannik Noeske from the Bauhaus-Universit?t Weimar and Harald Bodenschatz from the Centre for Metropolitan Studies at the TU Berlin. Prof. Dr Markus Tubbesing will then report on the interdisciplinary research project "Berlin, Paris and the Topography of Metropolises 1937 ¨C 1945" at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, which starts in September. This will be followed by a discussion with the audience and a drink. Admission is free, registration is not required.