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Germany's Nazi government initially made its primary headquarters in one of Berlin's oldest buildings, the Old Reich Chancellery. Unsatisfied with the building, Adolf Hitler commissioned Albert Speer to design and build a newer, grander structure, and his New Reich Chancellery was completed in early 1939. Hitler described his New Reich Chancellery and other Nazi buildings as his "words of stone," eternal monuments to the work that he and the Nazi party intended to perpetuate. Frequented by Hitler and his inner circle, the Chancellery witnessed their fanatical plans and was an architectural reflection of Hitler's megalomania. The Fuhrerbunker, built underneath the Chancellery, became the last refuge of a dying regime; it was here that Hitler retreated to order the destruction of Germany and ultimately to take his own life.
This book is a virtual tour of the now demolished Chancellery and Fuhrerbunker. It covers the history of each structure, notes the architectural changes that Hitler made to suit his purposes, and describes the historical events that took place within each building's walls. Appendices contain a chronology of Reich Chancellors (1871-1945), a detailed list of renovations to the Chancellery, and a register of notable gatherings that took place in the Old Reich Chancellery prior to 1914. Texts of various speeches by Hitler are reproduced, along with a copy of his agreement to occupy Czechoslovakia, which was signed in the Reich Chancellery.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Wilhelmstraße
II. Hitler in the Chancellery
III. The New Reich Chancellery
IV. Bunkers and Führerbunker
Appendix A. King Friedrich Wilhelm I Presents Wilhelmstraße 77 to Graf von der Schulenburg
Appendix B. Reich Chancellors 1871-1945
Appendix C. Paul von Hindenburg
Appendix D. Interior Renovations to the Reichskanzlerpalais 1875-1878
Appendix E. Further Renovations to the Reichskanzlerpalais 1890-1925
Appendix F. Notable Gatherings in the Reichskanzlerpalais Before 1914
Appendix G. Hitler's Speech at the Topping-Out Ceremony of the New Reich Chancellery in the Deutschlandhalle, August 2, 1938
Appendix H. Hitler's Speech in the Berlin Sportpalast, January 9, 1939, on the Occasion of the Completion of the New Reich Chancellery
Appendix I. Adolf Hitler Describes His Chancellery Renovations
Appendix J. Text of Hitler's Agreement to Occupy Czechoslovakia, Signed in the New Reich Chancellery
Appendix K. Heinrich Himmler's Heydrich Eulogy
Notes
References
Index
