Reich Chancellery
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The Reich Chancellery was the traditional name of the office of the chancellor of Germany in the period of the German Reich from 1878 to 1945. The Chancellery's seat, selected and prepared since 1875,
Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1998 013 20A, Berlin, Reichskanzlei
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 R89708, Berlin, Neue Reichskanzlei
The New Reich Chancellery under construction in 1938
The New Reich Chancellery, pictured here on the junction of Hermann-Göring-Straße (now Ebertstraße) and Voßstraße in 1939
Arno Breker
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Arno Breker was a German sculptor who is best known for his public works in Nazi Germany, where he was endorsed by the authorities as the antithesis of degenerate art. He was made official state sculp
Reich Chancellery
…guests would enter the Chancellery through the Court of Honour (Ehrenhof). The building's main entrance was flanked by two bronze statues by sculptor Arno Breker: "Wehrmacht" and "Die Partei" ("Armed Forces" and "The Party"). Hitler is said to have been greatly impressed by the building and was uncharacteristically…
Breker in the 1930s
Adolf Hitler in Paris, 1940, with Albert Speer (left) and Arno Breker (right)
Arno Breker modelling a portrait of Albert Speer in 1940
Arno Breker's Grave in Düsseldorf