Du cane court balham hitler biography
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Hitler ordered Art Deco block of flats to be spared from his Blitz bombing raids on London as he wanted to use it as his UK HQ if he won WWII
A block of iconic Art Deco flats was saved from bombing during the Blitz after Hitler requested it be used as part of his British HQ, according to a new website.
Du Cane Court, in Balham, south London, survived unscathed from the Nazis' bombing offensive against Britain in 1940 and 1941 despite surrounding buildings in the capital suffering obliteration.
Du Cane Court, a legendary Art Deco apartment block which survived the Blitz, has become the subject of a new website celebrating its history
The remarkable survival has prompted claims that the block, rumoured to have been a ‘hotbed of spies’, was earmarked by Hitler ahead of his intended victory, the website says, citing research from historian Gregory Vincent.
Meanwhile, others say German Luftwaffe aircraft maintained the building so they could use it as a navigational landmark to help them determine their route home.
The central entrance hall and reception of Du Cane Court was originally intended as a lounge for visitors. Residents say the interior has evolved over time from its original marble floor to grey carpet today
Under the Same Roof, the website set up by furni
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A History of Du Cane Court: Land, Architecture, People and Politics is a new book charting the history of one of Wandsworth's landmark buildings. Author Gregory Vincent, himself a resident of the apartment building, has been kind enough to share a synopsis of his story with Wandsworthsw18.com readers...
Du Cane Court is a popular art deco block of flats in Balham: one which, exceptionally, has become known both near by and far away. It has featured in property programmes on television; and has benefited from a wide compass of residents and visitors, who, in the fullness of time, have spread the news about what it is like to live there.
To compile the underlying data for the present work, the author visited various libraries, accessed the Register of Electors, examined the council records, and interviewed long-term residents – including several who arrived in ‘the Court’ before or during the war, and even one who provided an insight into what it was like to grow up there in the 1950s.
Du Cane Court was our whole world,’ he said. ‘I would play around the garages with my friends, but we got chased off. If we turned on a tap at the back of the building, we would be told off. The porters were like the Gestapo, screaming at us whenever
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