Kroll Opera House, Berlin
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The Kroll Opera House in Berlin was a historic theater that became infamous as the temporary seat of the German Reichstag where the Nazi-drafted Enabling Act of 1933 was passed, effectively dismantling the Weimar Republic’s democracy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kroll Opera House, Berlin canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
opera house
ⓘ
theatre building ⓘ |
| architectOfReconstruction | Friedrich Hitzig ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | historicist architecture ⓘ |
| ceasedOperaPerformances | 1931 ⓘ |
| closedAsOperaHouse | 1931 ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| damagedBy | Allied bombing ⓘ |
| damagedDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| demolished | 1951 ⓘ |
| demolishedBy | West Berlin authorities ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
Reichstag deputies
ⓘ
opera-goers ⓘ |
| hasType | public building ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | no longer extant ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| inception | 1844 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Berlin
ⓘ
Tiergarten ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Brandenburg Gate
ⓘ
Reichstag building ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Königsplatz (historic name of the square) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Joseph Kroll ⓘ |
| notableEvent | passage of the Enabling Act of 1933 ⓘ |
| notableFor | being temporary seat of the Reichstag after the Reichstag fire ⓘ |
| opened | 1844 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Berlin State Opera
ⓘ
surface form:
Prussian State Opera
|
| originalFunction |
concert hall
ⓘ
restaurant and entertainment venue ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Prussia
ⓘ
surface form:
Prussian state
|
| parliamentSessionsHeldFrom | 1933 ⓘ |
| parliamentSessionsHeldUntil | 1942 ⓘ |
| politicalSignificance |
site of key Nazi legislative actions
ⓘ
site where Weimar Republic’s democracy was effectively dismantled ⓘ |
| reconstructedAs | opera house ⓘ |
| reconstructionCompleted | 1895 ⓘ |
| successorFunction | site integrated into government quarter of Berlin ⓘ |
| usedAs |
parliament building
ⓘ
seat of the German Reichstag ⓘ venue for concerts ⓘ venue for opera performances ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Berlin State Opera
ⓘ
Nazi Party ⓘ |
| usedFor | Nazi mass meetings ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.