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Heated disputes arose over the responsibility for foreign propaganda, for which the Reich Foreign Ministry claimed general competence. [12] The influence on internal Italian reporting, for example, remained entirely in the hands of the Foreign Office since diplomatic tact was called for in dealing with Germany's Axis partner.
The Führerbunker was located about 8.5 metres (28 ft) beneath the garden of the old Reich Chancellery at Wilhelmstraße 77, and 120 metres (390 ft) north of the new Reich Chancellery building at Voßstraße 6 in Berlin. [4] It became a de facto Führer Headquarters during the Battle of Berlin, and ultimately, the last of his headquarters. [5]
The APA lost its political importance and function in July 1941 at the latest, when Rosenberg was appointed head of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories (RMfdbO). From then on, numerous APA employees worked at the RMfdbO. In February 1943, the APA was shut down as part of the "total war effort" measures.
Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (Joseph Goebbels) Reich Chamber of Culture; Ministry of Aviation (Hermann Göring) Ministry of Science, Education and Culture (Bernhard Rust) Ministry for Church Affairs (Hanns Kerrl) Ministry of Armaments and War Production (Fritz Todt, Albert Speer)
May 1935: The title of Reich Minister of Defense is replaced by that of Reich Minister of War. Werner von Blomberg retains the office. July 1935: Kerrl takes a portfolio as Reich Minister of Church Affairs. April 1936: Werner von Fritsch, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and Erich Raeder, Commander in Chief of the Navy, are granted cabinet rank.
From 1990, the Berlin branch office of the German Finance Ministry was also located there, and since 1999, following extensive refurbishment, the building has served as the Ministry's headquarters. At the north (Leipziger Straße) end of the building, a plaque commemorates the protest meeting of 16 June 1953, from which stemmed the following ...
The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Ideology and Propaganda During World War II and the Holocaust. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-02175-4. Kershaw, Ian (25 October 2001). Hitler 1889–1936: Hubris. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-192579-0. Welch, David (1993). The Third Reich: Politics and Propaganda. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-93014-4.
The Ministry of Defence as proprietor tends to restrict access to the Bendlerblock, due to its historical significance and lingering sensitivities about Germany's role in World War II. Filming permission was first granted in 2003 to a TV studio for the filming of Stauffenberg, starring Sebastian Koch. It was awarded with the Deutscher Fernsehpreis.