@article{Lausch_Panigyrakis_2020, title={Aldo Rossi in the turmoil of “German identity.” The German Historical Museum competition of 1988}, volume={4}, url={https://hpa.unibo.it/article/view/11264}, DOI={10.6092/issn.2611-0075/11264}, abstractNote={The competition for the German Historical Museum in Berlin was on several layers a controversial project. Already the idea of a museum on German history was fiercely debated, especially in the face of National Socialism. Aldo Rossi’s proposal that won the competition featured a pastiche of typological forms reminiscent of historical German monuments. But critics contested its monumentality and naïve use of iconography, while the jury was accused to have violated competition regulations. The fall of the Berlin Wall eventually ended the debates. This did not go without reaction: The head jury Max Bächer protested to the then-chancellor Helmut Kohl, demanding compensation for Rossi’s lost prize.}, number={7}, journal={Histories of Postwar Architecture}, author={Lausch, Frederike and Panigyrakis, Phoebus}, year={2020}, month={Jan.}, pages={169–199} }