General Building Inspector for the Reich Capital
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The General Building Inspector for the Reich Capital was a high-ranking Nazi planning office responsible for overseeing Adolf Hitler’s grand architectural and urban redevelopment schemes for Berlin.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi government office
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urban planning authority → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Berlin
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| appointedBy |
Adolf Hitler
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| country |
Nazi Germany
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| employer |
Albert Speer
NERFINISHED
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| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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city redevelopment → urban planning → |
| firstOfficeholder |
Albert Speer
NERFINISHED
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| goal |
express Nazi ideology through architecture
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transform Berlin into a monumental world capital → |
| hadAuthorityOver |
building permits in Berlin
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demolition of existing buildings in Berlin → land-use planning in Berlin → |
| headOfGovernmentRoleFor |
Reich capital Berlin
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| historicalContext |
Holocaust era
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Second World War → |
| ideology |
Nazism
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| languageOfName |
German
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| linkedToEvent |
Nuremberg trials (as part of evidence on Nazi planning)
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| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Berlin
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| mainFunction |
monumental state architecture planning
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planning and overseeing architectural redevelopment of Berlin → urban redevelopment → |
| notableOfficeholder |
Albert Speer
NERFINISHED
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| officialName |
Generalbauinspektor für die Reichshauptstadt
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| oversaw |
forced relocations connected to redevelopment plans
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large-scale expropriations of property in Berlin → |
| partOf |
Nazi German state apparatus
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| politicalAlignment |
National Socialist German Workers Party
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| responsibleForProject |
Great Hall of the People (Volkshalle) design planning
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Welthauptstadt Germania plan → new Reich Chancellery surroundings planning → north–south axis of Berlin → |
| seat |
Berlin
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| shortName |
GBI
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| subordinateTo |
Adolf Hitler
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| timePeriod |
Nazi era
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| typeOfOrganization |
centralized planning office
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| usedFor |
propaganda through monumental architecture
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Albert Speer
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