The New Reich Chancellery, a look in Hitlers center of Power

In this photo series, we are taking a look at the New Reich Chancellery from it’s construction to its after-life.

All pictures, except the “Afterlife”, courtesy of Bundesarchiv

Under construction

Under construction

Under construction

The Outside

Night shot, Voßstrasse

The Voßstrasse in Berlin

Main entrance in the Voßstrasse

Main entrance in the Voßstrasse

Main entrance in the Voßstrasse

Main entrance in the Voßstrasse

Main entrance in the Voßstrasse

Main entrance in the Voßstrasse

One of the entrances to the New Reich Chancellery

The garden facing side of the Chancellery, note the statues of the horse that was recently rediscovered.

The garden facing side of the Chancellery, note the statues of the horse that was recently rediscovered.

Walkway on the Garden facing side

Next page, Courtyard and inside

Courtyard

Courtyard / Court of Honor

Courtyard / Court of Honor

Court of Honor with statue  Plastik “Partei” by Prof. Arno Breker.

Guard of Honor marching in the courtyard

Soldiers of the Waffen-SS-Division “Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler” in the Courtyard

Inside the Chancellery

Grande reception room

Hallway of Arches leading to the lunch room

One of the rooms inside the chancellery

Cabinet room

The so called “long corridor”, 146 meter long and 12 meter wide connecting the entire middle part of the building.  The windows are 9,5 meters high and look out over the Voßstrasse.

Hallway leading to Hitlers office, which is behind the first door on the left.

Next page, Hitlers Office and The End

Hitlers Office

Hitlers office

Hitlers office

Hitlers Office

The End

The Chancellery after being hit by bombs

Hitler is dead, the battle for Berlin is over and two Red army soldiers survey the remains of the New Reich Chancellery

1947, kids play in the remains of the New Reich Chancellery Garden, they are sitting on the two globes that once stood in Hitlers office (scroll up for those images)

1947 remains of the New Reich Chancellery and destroyed remains of the Führerbunker

1949, the New Reich Chancellery is being demolished, these are blocks of marble that are being salvaged

1950, the remains of the Führerbunker on the New Reich Chancellery grounds are being removed

Last page: Afterlife

Afterlife

The Russians built a vast War Memorial in the Treptower park in Berlin, there they made extensive use of material from the New Reich Chancellery building. All the red marble you see on the following pictures was originally in the Chancellery.

Afterlife pictures by Joris Nieuwint