Editing Tannenberg Memorial (section)

==Concept and design==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-679-8187-31, Tannenberg-Denkmal, Luftaufnahme.jpg|thumb|right|375px|Aerial view 1944, from a Luftwaffe plane.]]

The memorial embraced the Anglo/French concept of the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier|Unknown Soldier]]. In doing so, the architects anticipated the concept of ''Totenburgen'' (Fortresses of the Dead) housing mass graves of soldiers. This ideology was debated in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. The architects imagined the memorial to be a new ''[[Völkisch movement|völkisch]]'' "community of the dead" and incorporated the burial of 20 unknown German soldiers from the Eastern Front into the project concept.<ref>The Great War and medieval memory: war, remembrance and medievalism in Britain and Germany, 1914-1940. Stefan Goebel. {{ISBN|0-521-85415-6}}, {{ISBN|978-0-521-85415-3}} - p38</ref>

The memorial was built in a prominent place in a shape reminiscent of the castles of the [[Teutonic Knights]]. The monument's location on a hilltop was accentuated by massive earthworks and landscaping designed to look as if nature alone had shaped the site. The design influenced other projects undertaken by architects and builders during the era.<ref>Places of commemoration: search for identity and landscape design By Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn. {{ISBN|0-88402-260-9}}, {{ISBN|978-0-88402-260-2}} p 241</ref>