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==Plans== [[Image:Prora Zimmer mit Seeblick.jpg|thumb|267px|Typical room (December 2010)]] [[Image:Flur Zerstoerungen.JPG|thumb|267px|Corridor in building "Nordflügel 1", 4th level (2011)]] The [[Strength Through Joy]] program was designed to attract the working class{{snd}}who had during the [[Weimar Republic]] been the power base of the [[German Social Democratic Party|Social Democrats]] and, to a lesser extent, the [[Communist Party of Germany|Communists]]{{snd}}to the Nazi Party by offering numerous cultural events and mass tourism at affordable prices. They also presented an opportunity for the inculcation of Nazi ideology through constant indoctrination by propaganda. Founded in November 1933, in the year 1934, 400,000 people took Strength Through Joy package tours, a number which rose to 1.7 million by 1937, not to mention 7 million who availed themselves of weekend excursions and 1.6 million who participated in organized hikes.<ref>[[Richard J. Evans|Evans, Richard J.]] (2005) ''[[The Third Reich in Power]]'' New York: [[Penguin Books]]. pp.465–70. {{isbn|0-14-303790-0}}</ref> [[Robert Ley]], head of the [[German Labour Front]]{{snd}}of which Strength Through Joy was a subsidiary{{snd}}envisioned Prora as a parallel to [[Butlins]], which were British "holiday camps" designed to provide affordable holidays for the average worker. Prora was designed to house 20,000 holidaymakers, under the idea that every worker deserved a holiday at the beach. Designed by [[Clemens Klotz]], who won a design competition overseen by [[Adolf Hitler]]'s chief architect [[Albert Speer]], all rooms were planned to overlook the sea, while corridors and sanitation are located on the landward side.<ref name="smh">{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Mein-camp-holiday-retreat-for-Nazis-gives-Germany-a-hangover/2005/03/28/1111862323509.html |title=Mein camp: holiday retreat for Nazis gives Germany a hangover|author=Rose, Steve|newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=28 March 2008 |accessdate=10 August 2014}}</ref> Each room of {{convert|5|by|2.5|m|ft|0}} was to have two beds, a wardrobe, and a sink. There were communal toilets, showers, and bathrooms on each floor. Hitler's plans for Prora were much more ambitious. He wanted a gigantic sea resort, the "most mighty and large one to ever have existed", holding 20,000 beds. In the middle, a huge building was to be erected, which would be a grand hall for speeches and concerts. At the same time, Hitler wanted the complex to have the ability to be converted into a military hospital in case of war. Hitler insisted that the plans of a giant indoor arena by architect [[Erich zu Putlitz]] were to be included. Putlitz's Festival Hall was intended to be able to accommodate all 20,000 guests at the same time. His plans included two [[Wave pool|wave-swimming pools]], a cinema, and a theatre.<ref name="dw" /> A large dock for passenger ships was also planned. The designs won a ''Grand Prix'' award at the 1937 [[Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne|Paris World Exposition]].<ref name="businessweek">{{cite news|author=Fahmy, Dahlia|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-16/for-sale-vacation-condos-with-a-nazi-past |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521074821/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-16/for-sale-vacation-condos-with-a-nazi-past |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 May 2013 |title=For Sale: Vacation Condos With a Nazi Past |newspaper=[[Business Week]]|date=16 May 2013 |accessdate=10 August 2014}}</ref>
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