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  2. Germania (city) - Wikipedia

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    Hitler conceived of rebuilding Berlin to be the capital of the new world he would be instrumental in creating, and provided the name for it, 'Germania'. [1] According to records of Hitler's "table talk" of 8 June 1942, Hitler's purpose in the renaming was to give a Greater Germanic world empire of the New Order a clear central point:

  3. Berlin - Wikipedia

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    In 1871, Berlin became capital of the newly founded German Empire. [47] In 1881, it became a city district separate from Brandenburg. ... Hitler was inspired by the ...

  4. History of Berlin - Wikipedia

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    At the end of the 12th century German merchants founded the first settlements in today's city center, ... Life and Death in Hitler's Capital 1939‒1945 (2011) Newman ...

  5. Greater Germanic Reich - Wikipedia

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    Hitler had long intended to architecturally reconstruct the German capital Berlin into a new imperial metropolis, which he decided in 1942 to rename Germania upon its scheduled completion in 1950. The name was specifically chosen to make it the clear central point of the envisioned Germanic empire, and to re-enforce the notion of a united ...

  6. Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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    Capital projects were paid for with the issuance of promissory notes called Mefo bills. When the notes were presented for payment, the Reichsbank printed money. Hitler and his economic team expected that the upcoming territorial expansion would provide the means of repaying the soaring national debt. [244]

  7. Timeline of Berlin - Wikipedia

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    11 July: Electoral Brandenburg Society of Sciences founded. Population: 28,500. 1701 – 18 January: Berlin becomes capital of the Kingdom of Prussia. [citation needed] 1702 – Friedrichs-Waisenhaus Rummelsburg orphanage and infirmary established. 1703 8 July: Parochialkirche opened. [4] Wooden Friedrichs Bridge built. 1704 – Vossische ...

  8. Volkshalle - Wikipedia

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    But Hitler's interest in and admiration for the Pantheon predated this visit, since his sketch of the Volkshalle dates from about 1925. [2] Hermann Giesler records a conversation he had with Hitler in the winter of 1939–40, when Hitler was recalling his “Roman Impressions” (Römische Impressionen):

  9. Weimar Republic - Wikipedia

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    The Weimar Republic, [d] officially known as the German Reich, [e] was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.