In the post-war period, modernist styles became the dominant aesthetic for institutional and civic buildings – known as late ...

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The letter originally in German was later translated into English by theoretical physicist Herbert Jehle, with help from ...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. But who knew that books could kill?

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It’s a reminder, too, of the complicated place Strauss himself occupies in the cultural memory of 20th-century Germany. In his dotage, Strauss allowed himself to be turned into a kind of aesthetic ...