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 ⓘ
linked to: Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin
Ernst Sagebiel → notableWork → Reich Air Ministry building ⓘ
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Reich Ministry of Aviation → architecturalStructureUsedAsHeadquarters → Reich Air Ministry building in Berlin ⓘ
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RLM → headquartersBuilding → Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin ⓘ
Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin → alsoKnownAs → Reichsluftfahrtministerium building ⓘ
linked to: Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin
Georg Elser Memorial, Berlin → locatedNear → former Reich Air Ministry building ⓘ
linked to: Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin