In this photo series, we are taking a look at the New Reich Chancellery from it’s construction to its after-life.
All pictures, except the “Afterlife”, courtesy of Bundesarchiv
Under construction
Under construction
Under construction
The Outside
Night shot, Voßstrasse
The Voßstrasse in Berlin
Main entrance in the Voßstrasse
Main entrance in the Voßstrasse
Main entrance in the Voßstrasse
Main entrance in the Voßstrasse
Main entrance in the Voßstrasse
Main entrance in the Voßstrasse
One of the entrances to the New Reich Chancellery
The garden facing side of the Chancellery, note the statues of the horse that was recently rediscovered.
The garden facing side of the Chancellery, note the statues of the horse that was recently rediscovered.
Walkway on the Garden facing side
Next page, Courtyard and inside
Courtyard
Courtyard / Court of Honor
Courtyard / Court of Honor
Court of Honor with statue Plastik “Partei” by Prof. Arno Breker.
Guard of Honor marching in the courtyard
Soldiers of the Waffen-SS-Division “Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler” in the Courtyard
Inside the Chancellery
Grande reception room
Hallway of Arches leading to the lunch room
One of the rooms inside the chancellery
Cabinet room
The so called “long corridor”, 146 meter long and 12 meter wide connecting the entire middle part of the building. The windows are 9,5 meters high and look out over the Voßstrasse.
Hallway leading to Hitlers office, which is behind the first door on the left.
Next page, Hitlers Office and The End
Hitlers Office
Hitlers office
Hitlers office
Hitlers Office
The End
The Chancellery after being hit by bombs
Hitler is dead, the battle for Berlin is over and two Red army soldiers survey the remains of the New Reich Chancellery
1947, kids play in the remains of the New Reich Chancellery Garden, they are sitting on the two globes that once stood in Hitlers office (scroll up for those images)
1947 remains of the New Reich Chancellery and destroyed remains of the Führerbunker
1949, the New Reich Chancellery is being demolished, these are blocks of marble that are being salvaged
1950, the remains of the Führerbunker on the New Reich Chancellery grounds are being removed
Last page: Afterlife
Afterlife
The Russians built a vast War Memorial in the Treptower park in Berlin, there they made extensive use of material from the New Reich Chancellery building. All the red marble you see on the following pictures was originally in the Chancellery.
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