Altaussee
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Altaussee is a municipality and spa town in the district of Liezen in Styria, Austria. The small village is nestled on the shores of the Lake Altaussee, beneath the Loser Plateau. Occupying an area of
View of the Loser, the local mountain of Altaussee
Theodor Herzl at Altaussee 1900
Altaussee, May 1945 after the removal of the eight 500 kg bombs at the Nazi stolen art repository.
Führermuseum
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The Führermuseum or Fuhrer-Museum, also referred to as the Linz art gallery, was an unrealized art museum within a cultural complex planned by Adolf Hitler for his hometown, the Austrian city of Linz,
A model of Adolf Hitler's planned Führermuseum in Linz, Austria, designed by Roderich Fick based on Hitler's sketches
The design of the Führermuseum was based in part on the Haus der Deutschen Kunst in Munich, shown above. Built in 1933–1937 and designed by Paul Troost, with considerable input from Hitler, the Haus was one of the first monumental structures built during the Nazi era.
A model of the European Culture Centre; the facade of the Führermuseum can be seen at the centre of the image, near the top, facing the camera.
The Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum – now the Bode Museum – seen here in 1909, may have influenced Hitler's original design for a "German National Gallery".