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Berlin Construction

Germany · Arts / Architecture. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1937–1940Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1937

Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer1937

Berlin · Arts / Architecture

Directed to make plans to rebuild Berlin, which was to become the capital of a "Greater Germany"

1940

Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer23 June 1940

Berlin · Arts / Architecture

Instructed by Hitler to rebuild Berlin by 1950, must surpass Paris

Names involved

Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer

Provenance

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