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08/19/2019 | Wissenschaftliche Standpunkte | Campus-Meldung

Potsdam Garrison Church: Architecture professor calls for changes to the reconstruction

In an open letter, more than 100 intellectuals oppose the reconstruction of the Potsdam Garrison Church in its planned form. One of the initiators is Kassel architecture professor Philipp Oswalt.

The reconstruction of the church tower, which has been underway since 2017, is a "breach of taboo" because of the right-wing history of the house of worship, says the letter, which is addressed to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, State Minister of Culture Monika Grütters, Brandenburg's Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke and Potsdam's Lord Mayor Mike Schubert. The letter was published today (August 19) and is signed by well over 100 artists, architects, monument conservators, scientists, church representatives, cultural workers and civic activists, including Prof. Philipp Oswalt, who heads the Department of Architectural Theory and Design at the University of Kassel.

Link to the open letter: http://chng.it/sLKqryFqmK