Question

Director Edgar Ulmer named the protagonist of his film The Black Cat after an architect from this country who designed the IG Farben Building. An architect from this country who designed the AEG Turbine (15[1])Factory was a founding member of an “association of craftsmen” centered in this country. The American Embassy in Athens was designed by an architect from this country who also designed the (*) JFK Federal Building in Boston. That architect from this country married the widowed Alma Mahler and designed the Fagus Shoe Factory with Adolf (10[1])Meyer. For 10 points, name this country whose Bauhaus (10[1])school (10[1])of architecture was founded by Walter Gropius in the city of Weimar. ■END■

ANSWER: Germany [accept Deutschland] (The first two architects are Hans Poelzig and Peter Behrens. The “association of craftsmen” is the Deutscher Werkbund.)
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