The public interest in the debate over the reconstruction of historical monuments may wane, as it seems that conservative politicians, representatives of conservative interest groups, tourism managers, and especially the creators of the exhibition "History of Reconstruction - Construction of History" have succeeded in marginalizing it as a trivial principled dispute among heritage conservators. The reconstruction lobby might ask, why continue the debate when there seems to be a widespread consensus that the reconstruction of lost building fabric is simply a given? The publication appearing in the Bauwelt Fundamente series, which argues against the reconstruction of historical monuments, stands in defiant opposition to the mainstream. It serves as a plea against the simulation of the historical.