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Hi Bill,
I believe you are looking at the so called Exemplary Settlement at Ramersdorf. That being so-
A settlement was built in Ramersdorf in 1934 which didn’t fit into the typical pattern of Nazi small settlements. Intended to demonstrate suitable forms of dwelling for the middle class, this “exemplary settlement” was to be presented within the framework of the “Deutsche Siedlungsausstellung” [“German Settlement Exhibition”].
The initiative was sponsored by Guido Harbers, who was the city’s housing advisor, a National Socialist, and an enthusiastic architect. The Weissenhof settlement, a paradigmatic example of the “new objectivity” built in Stuttgart in 1927, inspired Harbers with the idea of staging a settlement exhibition.
The plans submitted by the architects who were commissioned to create the settlement in Ramersdorf were obviously more in keeping with traditional styles. Gabled roofs, for example, were mandatory. Nonetheless, individually designed houses were built along curving roads to create a settlement that differed noticeably from the uniform simplicity of other Reichskleinsiedlungen [Reich’s small settlements]. For precisely this reason, many Nazi politicians rejected the “exemplary settlement.” They argued that it was unsuitable to serve as a model for future housing in the “national community.”
There also exists a cinderella poster stamp for this exhibition. Hope that this info is of some help.
Regards,
Alec.
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