Editing Prora (section)

== Construction ==
[[File:ProraSeeseite.jpg|thumb|267px|Seaside view of Prora in 2004]]

Construction began in 1936 and during the few years that Prora was under construction, all major construction companies of the Reich and nearly 9,000 workers were involved in this project.<ref name="dw" /> By 1938, construction costs had reached {{Reichsmark|237.5 million|link=yes}} (equivalent to [[€]]{{Format price|{{Inflation|DE|237500000|1938}}}} in 2009).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndr.de/kultur/geschichte/schauplaetze/Prora-Der-Koloss-von-Ruegen,prora113.html |title=Prora – Der "Koloss von Rügen" |language=de |publisher=NDR |website=ndr.de |date=2 January 2018 |accessdate=21 November 2018}}</ref> 

With the onset of [[World War II]] in 1939, building on Prora stopped and the construction workers transferred to the [[V-weapons|V-Weapons]] plant at [[Peenemünde]]. The eight housing blocks and the theatre and cinema remained empty shells. The swimming pools and festival hall never materialised. If the complex had been completed, it would have been the largest holiday resort in the world.<ref>[[Louis P. Lochner|Lochner, Louis P.]] (1942) ''What About Germany?'' New York: Dodd, Mead. p.32</ref><ref name=hatherly>Hatherly, Owen (6 November 2017) [https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/nov/06/hitler-holiday-camp-prora-nazi-development "Hitler's holiday camp: how the sprawling resort of Prora met a truly modern fate"] ''[[The Guardian]]''. Retrieved 15 January 2019</ref>