Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin

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The Reich Air Ministry building in Berlin is a monumental Nazi-era government complex constructed in the 1930s, notable for its austere neoclassical architecture and later use as the seat of East Germany’s Council of Ministers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi architecture
government building
historic building
office building
alsoKnownAs Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus
Reichsluftfahrtministerium building
architect Ernst Sagebiel
architecturalStyle Stripped Classicism
linked to: Stripped Classical

neoclassical architecture
completionDate 1936
constructedFor Reich Ministry of Aviation
country Germany
floorCount 7
hasArea over 100000 square metres
hasCourtyards several inner courtyards
hasFacadeLength approximately 250 metres on Wilhelmstraße
hasMural socialist realist mural from the GDR era on Leipziger Straße façade
heritageStatus protected monument in Berlin
laterFunction seat of the Council of Ministers of the GDR
seat of the Federal Ministry of Finance
locatedIn Berlin
Mitte
locatedOn Leipziger Straße
Wilhelmstraße
material stone
namedAfter Detlev Rohwedder
notableFeature austere monumental façade
large internal courtyards
long colonnades and repetitive window rows
originalFunction headquarters of the Reich Ministry of Aviation
seat of the Luftwaffe high command
partOf Wilhelmstraße government quarter in Berlin
politicalEra Cold War era
linked to: Cold War

Nazi era
linked to: Nazism
postReunificationUse headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Finance
region former East Berlin
startDate 1935
survived World War II largely intact
symbolizes Nazi state power
continuity of German state administration across regimes
usedBy Council of Ministers of the GDR
Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany
German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany

Luftwaffe
Nazi Germany
Reich Ministry of Aviation
State Planning Commission of the GDR

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Reich Air Ministry headquartersBuilding Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin
State Secretary of the Reich Air Ministry seatOfGovernment Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin
Reich Ministry of Aviation vicinity contains former Reich Ministry of Aviation building
linked to: Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin
Ernst Sagebiel designed Reich Air Ministry building in Berlin
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Ernst Sagebiel designed Luftwaffe headquarters buildings
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Ernst Sagebiel notableWork Reich Air Ministry building
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Reich Ministry of Aviation architecturalStructureUsedAsHeadquarters Reich Air Ministry building in Berlin
linked to: Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin
RLM headquartersBuilding Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin
Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin alsoKnownAs Reichsluftfahrtministerium building
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Georg Elser Memorial, Berlin locatedNear former Reich Air Ministry building
linked to: Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin