‘[…] We should help the artists to overcome the bad luck that has overcome them’: A thesis on the relationship between politics, power and practice of Hermann Henselmann.

This thesis researches the effects that politics can have on architecture. As a field of research, former East Germany is chosen. Here, political powers influenced heavily what was being built. This relationship is researched through the life of East Germany's most prominent architect: Hermann Henselmann. He changed his architectural course...