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.


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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 Prussian State Opera
originalFunction concert hall
restaurant and entertainment venue
ownedBy 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

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