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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:
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This is a timeline of German history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Germany and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Germany .
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 ...
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]
March: Anton Drexler founded a branch of Free Workers' Committee for a Good Peace league in Munich. [5] 17 July: Adolf Hitler saves the life of the 9th Company Commander. 4 August: Adolf Hitler awarded the Iron Cross, 1st Class. 13 October: Adolf Hitler gassed near Ypres. 3 November: Kiel mutiny triggered the German revolution.
Nazi Germany was established in January 1933 with the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany, followed by suspension of basic rights with the Reichstag Fire Decree and the Enabling Act which gave Hitler's regime the power to pass and enforce laws without the involvement of the Reichstag or German president, and de facto ended with ...
[5] 1862 - Heinrich von Sick becomes mayor. 1864 - Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle (concert hall) built. 1865 - Polytechnic School built in Stadtgarten-Platz. [5] 1869 - Württemberg State Museum founded. 1870 - Architectural school built. [5] 1871 City becomes part of the German Empire. Tiergarten Nill zoo in business. [12] [13] 1872