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Rebecca Rudolph
The German Village
USA 1998, (3')
The German Village documents what remains of a German village that was built by the United
States Army during World War II to test the effectiveness of fire bombing on the civilian
population. What is shown is all that remains of the original village, designed by Eric
Mendelsohn for the US Army at Dugway Proving Grounds in Utha. Built to match the exact
materials used by the Germans before the war, the remaining structure is now used for
antiterrorist training. The film was made as part of a seminar given by Mike Davis at the
Southern California Institute of Architecture entitled Architecture and War.
The German Village documenta ciņ che resta di un "villaggio tedesco" costruito
dall'esercito americano in Utha durante la seconda guerra mondiale per studiare
l'efficacia dei bombardamenti sulla popolazione civile. Costruito con gli stessi materiali
della tradizione tedesca prebellica il villaggio, progettato da Eric Mendelsohn, viene
oggi utilizzato per addestramenti antiterrorismo. |
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