Colin Philpott

To be published this autumn, Relics of the Reich examines the fate of the buildings the Nazis left behind. Fearful that they might become shrines for neo-Nazis and hesitant about their role in post-war Germany, many structures and public spaces were left to crumble for almost 50 years. With time, however, and particularly since the reunification of Germany in the 1990s, the nation appears to have come to terms with this difficult legacy, with many Nazi sites now regarded as part – albeit, an uncomfortable one – of the country’s heritage.