Reich Chancellery

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government building
seat of government
architect Albert Speer
Eduard Jobst Siedler
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Paul Troost
architectOfNewWing Albert Speer
builtFor Reich government
surface form: Nazi government of Germany
commissionedBy Adolf Hitler
connectedTo Vorbunker
surface form: Führerbunker complex

Vorbunker
constructionStart 1938 (New Reich Chancellery)
country Germany
currentStatus demolished
damagedIn Battle of Berlin
demolitionPeriod early 1950s
late 1940s
destroyedBy Soviet armed forces
surface form: Soviet forces
functionedAs office of the Reich Chancellor
venue for cabinet meetings
venue for diplomatic receptions
hasPart Reich Chancellery self-linksurface differs
surface form: New Reich Chancellery

Reich Chancellery self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old Reich Chancellery
headOfGovernmentOccupant Adolf Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
surface form: Joseph Goebbels (as Propaganda Minister using offices there)
inaugurationDate January 1939 (New Reich Chancellery)
locatedIn Mitte
Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin
surface form: Wilhelmstraße

central Berlin
location Berlin
notableRoom Cabinet Room
Reich Chancellery self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hitler’s private office

Marble Gallery
Mosaic Hall
politicalAffiliation Nazi Party
surface form: National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP)
politicalSystemContext Nazi Germany
predecessor Reich Chancellery self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 U.S. embassies
surface form: 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

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Johann Rattenhuber employer Reich Chancellery
Albert Bormann affiliation Reich Chancellery
this entity surface form: Chancellery of the Führer
Reich capital Berlin seatOf Reich Chancellery
Reich capital Berlin governedFrom Reich Chancellery
north–south axis of Berlin associatedWith Reich Chancellery
this entity surface form: Reich Chancellery (Nazi Germany)