Hermann Bartels

Hermann Bartels
Hermann Bartels
Born	April 14, 1900; Minden, Westphalia, German Empire
Died	January 13, 1989 (aged 88); Essen, Westphalia, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Architect
	SS career
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Schutzstaffel
Battles/wars	World War II

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).

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

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

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[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