Hermann giesler biography
Hermann Giesler was a German architect during the Nazi era, one of the two architects most favoured and rewarded by Adolf Hitler.
Hermann Giesler completed his architectural study at the Academy for Applied Arts in Munich.!
Hermann Giesler
German architect (1898–1987)
Hermann Giesler (2 April 1898 – 20 January 1987) was a German architect during the Nazi era, one of the two architects most favoured and rewarded by Adolf Hitler (the other being Albert Speer).
Early life and World War II
Hermann Giesler completed his architectural study at the Academy for Applied Arts in Munich. Starting from 1930 he worked as an independent architect.
Meet the Adolf Hitler you have never known in this original translation by Wilhelm Kriessmann, Ph.D and Carolyn Yeager from Hermann Giesler's revealing memoir.In 1933 he became master of building of districts in Sonthofen and 1937, became a professor.
Giesler was an early and enthusiastic Nazi. Up to 1938 he designed the "Ordensburg" in Sonthofen; planned Gau Forums in Weimar and Augsburg; and the "university" for the NSDAP at Chiemsee.[1] In addition, he was commissioned to build Hitler's house in Munich.
In 1938 he restored the Hotel Elephant [de], a 400-year-old Weimar inn. In December 1938 he was appointed by Hitler "General Building Inspector" for the reorganization of the city