Deutsche Arbeit, 1930
"German Work"
Deutsche Arbeit
In the mid-to late 1920s, Hoppé made frequent visits to his home country. He traveled extensively throughout Germany visiting the manufacturing cities where an unprecedented industrial buildup was underway. He photographed major industrial manufacturing complexes including Seimens and Schuckert, the Borsig Locomotive Factory, the Graf Zeppelin factory, the Brunner Mond Chemical Works, the Continental Tire factory, Krupps Stores, coal mines in the Rhur and Essen, aircraft factories in Hanover and Dessau, and all manner of large-scale industry. Man appears small and insignificant next to his massive construction. Clearly German life had entered an entirely new era.

Skeleton of Graf Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen, 1928


Factory
Gladbach, 1922

M.A.N. power station
Augsburg, 1928

Oil Tanks
1928

Power station switchboard
Berlin, 1928

M.A.N. power station
Nurenburg, 1928


M.A.N. power station
Nurenburg, 1928


Siemens & Schuckert
1928


Bridge Building Factory
Dortmund, 1928

Siemens & Schuckert
1928

Siemens & Schuckert
1928

Factory
Gladbach, 1922

Hosch Steelworks
1928

View from inside bridge
Cologne, 1928

Industry
Dortmund, 1928


Kraftwerk
Klingenberg, 1928


Locomotive Wheels
Berlin, 1928


Railway
Dortmund, 1928

Elevated Railway
Berlin, 1928

Bridge and Train
Berlin, 1928


M.A.N
Augsburg, 1928

Earthmound
Kaliwork near
Hildesheim, 1928


Junkers
Flugzeug Werke
Dessau, 1928


Junkers
Flugzeug Werke
Dessau, 1928


Hamburg Harbour
Steam Ferries, 1925


Kraftwerk
Klingenberg, 1928


Funkstation
Nauen, 1928