The Reich Chancellery and Führerbunker Complex: An Illustrated History of the Seat of the Nazi Regime [Hardcover]

Steven Lehrer (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0786423935 | ISBN-13: 978-0786423934 | Publication Date: April 27, 2006

Germany's Nazi government initially made its primary headquarters in one of Berlin's oldest buildings, the Old Reich Chancellery. Unsatisfied with the building, Adolf Hitler commissioned Albert Speer to design and build a newer, grander structure, and his New Reich Chancellery was completed in early 1939. Hitler described his New Reich Chancellery and other Nazi buildings as his words of stone, eternal monuments to the work that he and the Nazi party intended to perpetuate. Frequented by Hitler and his inner circle, the Chancellery witnessed their fanatical plans and was an architectural reflection of Hitler s megalomania. Fuhrerbunker, built underneath the Chancellery, became the last refuge of a dying regime; it was here that Hitler retreated to order the destruction of Germany and ultimately to take his own life. This book is a virtual tour of the now demolished Chancellery and Fuhrerbunker. It covers the history of each structure, notes the architectural changes that Hitler made to suit his purposes, and describes the historical events that took place within each building s walls. Appendices contain a chronology of Reich Chancellors (1871-1945), a detailed list of renovations to the Chancellery, and a register of notable gatherings that took place in the Old Reich Chancellery prior to 1914. Texts of various speeches by Hitler are reproduced, along with a copy of his agreement to occupy Czechoslovakia, which was signed in the Reich Chancellery.

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About the Author

Steven Lehrer is an associate professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Also the author of Hitler Sites (2002) and Wannsee House and the Holocaust (2000), he lives in New York City.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 214 pages
• Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (April 27, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786423935
• ISBN-13: 978-0786423934
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,411,635 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It is not an illustrated history, March 9, 2007

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This review is from: The Reich Chancellery and Führerbunker Complex: An Illustrated History of the Seat of the Nazi Regime (Hardcover)

I bought this book looking for great pictures of the chancellery (as the title says) but there are just a few and just in blak and white.

9 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reich Chancellery and Fuhrerbunker Complex, January 3, 2007

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This review is from: The Reich Chancellery and Führerbunker Complex: An Illustrated History of the Seat of the Nazi Regime (Hardcover)

Impressive collection of pictures; useful for those wondering about the places they read about in history books.