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The Reich Chancellery (German: Reichskanzlei) was the traditional name of the office of the Chancellor of Germany (then called Reichskanzler) in the period of the German Reich from 1878 to 1945. The Chancellery's seat, selected and prepared since 1875, was the former city palace of Adolf Friedrich Count von der Schulenburg (1685–1741) and ...
The Reich Chancellery and Führerbunker Complex: An Illustrated History of the Seat of the Nazi Regime is a 2006 book by Steven Lehrer, in which Lehrer recounts the history of a group of Berlin buildings, from their construction in the 18th century until their complete destruction during and after World War II.
The Berchtesgaden Chancellery Branch office (also "Little Reich Chancellery") in Bischofswiesener district Stanggaß was built between 1937 and 1945 after plans by Alois Degano as the second seat of government of Nazi Germany for the time of Adolf Hitler's presence on nearby Obersalzberg.
Hitler's globe as photographed by a Soviet cameraman visiting the Reich Chancellery, 1945. The Columbus Globe for State and Industry Leaders (also known as Hitler's Globe or the Führer Globe) were two purpose-made globes designed in Berlin in the 1930s, one each for Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party.
New Reich Chancellery, 1939. In 1938 the entire north side of the street, except for the Borsig Palais (Voßstraße 1), was demolished to make way for the new Reich Chancellery building, built by Albert Speer for Adolf Hitler and opened in January 1939. Incorporating the Borsig Palais within its structure, the Chancellery extended back along ...
A critical reminder that Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933 and killed himself in 1945, that a mere 12 years of Reich rule turned Germany into a genocidal autocracy.
The Führerbunker was located about 8.5 metres (28 ft) beneath the garden of the old Reich Chancellery, 120 meters (390 ft) north of the new Reich Chancellery building at Voßstraße 6. [8] The Führerbunker was located 2.5 meters lower than the Vorbunker and to the west-southwest of it. [8]
Portrait gallery of chancellors. On the first floor is the gallery of the former federal chancellors. Helmut Schmidt had the idea of a portrait series in 1976. The former chancellors then chose a portrait, which was then purchased by the Chancellery: Konrad Adenauer was painted by Hans Jürgen Kallmann in 1963.