Schocken Department Store, Stuttgart

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The Schocken Department Store (Kaufhaus Schocken, later Merkur Department Store) was a department store built in in the south German town of Stuttgart.

It was built by the Schocken department store chain owned by Salman Schocken. The architect was Erich Mendelsohn who also built the Kaufhaus Schocken in Nuremberg (1925/26) and Chemnitz).

The building was a department store with a modern style in an urban context. It was constructed out of brick and concrete. The department store, together with the Tagblatt-Turm) of Ernst-Otto Oßwald across the way, constituted an impressive ensemble of modern architecture, and was damaged only lightly in World War II. In 1960, the city Stuttgart demolished the department store, despite international protest. In its place today stands Egon Eiermann's unremarkable department store building (Galeria Kaufhof, previously Horten).The building was released in 1960.

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• Schocken Department Stores