The Reich Chancellery and Führerbunker complex : an illustrated history of the seat of the Nazi regime / Steven Lehrer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehrer, Steven, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.

Reichskanzlei (Berlin, Germany : Building)--History.

Reichskanzlei (Berlin, Germany : Building).

Architecture and state.

History.

Berlin (Germany)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Berlin (Germany).

Public buildings--Germany--Berlin.

Public buildings.

Germany--Berlin.

Architecture and state--Germany--Berlin.

Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Germany.

Politics and government.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Homes and haunts.

Hitler, Adolf.

Physical Description:

vii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2006]

Summary:

"Germany's Nazi government made its primary headquarters in one of Berlin's oldest buildings: the Reich Chancellery. The site was frequented by Hitler and his inner circle. This complete history of the site focuses on the Nazi occupation" --Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I WilhelmstraSSe 3

II Hitler in the Chancellery 30

III The New Reich Chancellery 63

IV Bunkers and Fuhrerbunker 117

Appendix A King Friedrich Wilhelm I Presents WilhelmstraSSe 77 to Graf von der Schulenburg 161

Appendix B Reich Chancellors 1871-1945 162

Appendix C Paul von Hindenburg 175

Appendix D Interior Renovations to the Reichskanzlerpalais 1875-1878 177

Appendix E Further Renovations to the Reichskanzlerpalais 1890-1925 179

Appendix F Notable Gatherings in the Reichskanzlerpalais Before 1914 180

Appendix G Hitler's Speech at the Topping-Out Ceremony of the New Reich Chancellery in the Deutschlandhalle, August 2, 1938 182

Appendix H Hitler's Speech in the Berlin Sportpalast, January 9, 1939, on the Occasion of the Completion of the New Reich Chancellery 186

Appendix I Adolf Hitler Describes His Chancellery Renovations 189

Appendix J Text of Hitler's Agreement to Occupy Czechoslovakia, Signed in the New Reich Chancellery 192

Appendix K Heinrich Himmler's Heydrich Eulogy 193.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202) and index.

ISBN:

0786423935

OCLC:

62697104

Publisher Number:

9780786423934