Demolition work Arcisstrasse Munich 1934

Demolition work Arcisstraße Munich 1934.
The photo shows demolition work for the new NSDAP buildings on Arcisstraße in Munich in 1934. The architect was Paul Ludwig Troost.
Troost was Adolf Hitler’s favourite architect and one of the leading designers of Nazi architecture. He was commissioned in 1931 to convert the originally classicist Palais Barlow in Briennerstraße into the party headquarters of the NSDAP. The Nazi party’s temples of honour and two large Nazi party administration buildings were built along Arcisstrasse.
Three central NSDAP buildings were constructed on Arcisstraße in Munich by 1937:
Führerbau (Arcisstraße 12)
Built 1933-1937 according to plans by Paul Ludwig Troost, completed by his widow Gerdy Troost.
Served as a representative building and office for Adolf Hitler.
Used by US troops after the war, today home to the Munich University of Music and Theatre.
NSDAP administration building (party building) (Arcisstraße 8)
Built parallel to the Führer Building, also designed by Paul Ludwig Troost.
Administrative headquarters of the party, housed various NSDAP offices.
Used by the Americans after 1945, today part of the University of Music and Theatre.
Temple of Honour (Königsplatz, near Arcisstraße)
Two monumental temples erected in 1935 to honour the 16 “blood witnesses” of the failed Hitler putsch of 1923.
The NSDAP organised annual memorial ceremonies and propaganda rituals here.
Blown up by the Americans after the war in 1947, only the foundations are still visible today.
These buildings were part of the “NSDAP party quarter” in Munich, which was located around Königsplatz and served as the party’s ideological centre of power.