🇩🇪 GERDY TROOST
March 1904 – January 2003
Gerhardine “Gerdy” Troost was born on March 3, 1904, in Stuttgart. Her father, Johannes Andresen, was an architect. After completing her education, she worked in her father’s firm and met architect Paul Ludwig Troost in 1923. In 1924, she moved to Munich, and in 1925, they got married. Through her husband, she met Adolf Hitler in 1930 and joined the NSDAP in 1932.
After Paul Ludwig Troost’s death in 1934, Gerdy Troost took over his architectural and design firm, working alongside his former associate Leonhard Gall. During this period, she oversaw projects such as the construction of the Haus der Kunst, the redesign of Königsplatz, and the erection of the Ehrentempel memorials. Additionally, she was responsible for the interior renovations of Hitler’s official and private residences, including the Old Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Berghof in Obersalzberg, and his Munich apartment.
Troost remained a key architectural and design consultant within Hitler’s circle until the end of the war. In 1943, she received a 100,000 Reichsmark donation from Hitler. During the denazification process after World War II, she was classified as “less responsible,” fined 500 DM, and banned from practicing her profession for 10 years. After this period, she resumed her work and lived in Schützing, near Lake Chiemsee in Upper Bavaria.
Gerdy Troost passed away on January 30, 2003, at the age of 98 in Bad Reichenhall. The cause of death was not specified.
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March 1904 – January 2003
Gerhardine “Gerdy” Troost was born on March 3, 1904, in Stuttgart. Her father, Johannes Andresen, was an architect. After completing her education, she worked in her father’s firm and met architect Paul Ludwig Troost in 1923. In 1924, she moved to Munich, and in 1925, they got married. Through her husband, she met Adolf Hitler in 1930 and joined the NSDAP in 1932.
After Paul Ludwig Troost’s death in 1934, Gerdy Troost took over his architectural and design firm, working alongside his former associate Leonhard Gall. During this period, she oversaw projects such as the construction of the Haus der Kunst, the redesign of Königsplatz, and the erection of the Ehrentempel memorials. Additionally, she was responsible for the interior renovations of Hitler’s official and private residences, including the Old Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Berghof in Obersalzberg, and his Munich apartment.
Troost remained a key architectural and design consultant within Hitler’s circle until the end of the war. In 1943, she received a 100,000 Reichsmark donation from Hitler. During the denazification process after World War II, she was classified as “less responsible,” fined 500 DM, and banned from practicing her profession for 10 years. After this period, she resumed her work and lived in Schützing, near Lake Chiemsee in Upper Bavaria.
Gerdy Troost passed away on January 30, 2003, at the age of 98 in Bad Reichenhall. The cause of death was not specified.
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