Reich Chancellery

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government building seat of government

The Reich Chancellery was the official headquarters and executive office of the German Chancellor in Berlin, serving as a central seat of power in Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler.

Aliases (9)

Reich Chancellery complex ×3
Old Reich Chancellery ×2
Federal Chancellery ×1
Hitler’s private office ×1
Nazi Party Chancellery ×1
New Reich Chancellery ×1
Reich Chancellery ceremonial suite ×1
Reich Chancellery staff ×1
garden of the Reich Chancellery (initial disposal of remains) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government building → seat of government →
architect	Albert Speer → Eduard Jobst Siedler → Karl Friedrich Schinkel → Paul Troost →
architectOfNewWing	Albert Speer →
builtFor	Nazi government of Germany →
commissionedBy	Adolf Hitler →
connectedTo	Führerbunker complex → Vorbunker →
constructionStart	1938 (New Reich Chancellery) →
country	Germany →
currentStatus	demolished →
damagedIn	Battle of Berlin →
demolitionPeriod	early 1950s → late 1940s →
destroyedBy	Soviet forces →
functionedAs	office of the Reich Chancellor → venue for cabinet meetings → venue for diplomatic receptions →
hasPart	New Reich Chancellery → Old Reich Chancellery →
headOfGovernmentOccupant	Adolf Hitler → Joseph Goebbels (as Propaganda Minister using offices there) →
inaugurationDate	January 1939 (New Reich Chancellery) →
locatedIn	Mitte → Wilhelmstraße → central Berlin →
location	Berlin →
notableRoom	Cabinet Room → Hitler’s private office → Marble Gallery → Mosaic Hall →
politicalAffiliation	National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) →
politicalSystemContext	Nazi Germany →
predecessor	Old Reich Chancellery →
significantEvent	diplomatic receptions for foreign leaders → military conferences during World War II → planning of major Nazi policies →
style	Neoclassical architecture (New Reich Chancellery) →
successorBuildingOnSite	Embassy of the United States in Berlin (nearby site) →
usedAs	executive office of the German Chancellor → official headquarters of the German Chancellor → seat of power in Nazi Germany → seat of the Reich government →
usedByRegime	Third Reich →
usedDuring	World War II →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger → Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger → Hans Heinrich Lammers →	employer
Cabinet of Adolf Hitler → Reich Chancellery ("Old Reich Chancellery") → Reich Chancellery ("New Reich Chancellery") →	hasPart
Cabinet Room ("Reich Chancellery complex") → Mosaic Hall ("Reich Chancellery ceremonial suite") → New Reich Chancellery in Berlin ("Reich Chancellery complex") →	partOf
Wannsee Conference → Wannsee Conference ("Nazi Party Chancellery") →	attendeeOrganization
Cabinet Room → Mosaic Hall →	locatedIn
Eva Braun ("garden of the Reich Chancellery (initial disposal of remains)") →	burialPlace
Ministry of the Interior of Nazi Germany →	collaboratedWith
Inside the Third Reich →	describes
Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin →	hasBuilding
Nazi Party Chancellery ("Reich Chancellery complex") →	headquartersLocation
German Federal Cabinet ("Federal Chancellery") →	meetsIn
Reich Chancellery ("Hitler’s private office") →	notableRoom
Reich Chancellery ("Old Reich Chancellery") →	predecessor
Führer and Reich Chancellor →	residence
Reich Ministry of Economics →	subordinateTo
Ministries Trial →	triedInstitution
Vorbunker ("Reich Chancellery staff") →	usedBy
Ministry of the Interior of the Weimar Republic →	workedWith