The triumphal arch was part of the reconstruction of Berlin, which Hitler and his architect Albert Speer envisioned as the capital of the world
As early as 1938, the reconstruction of Berlin into what was to be called Germania began. The idea was that once Germany had defeated its neighbors and created Lebensraum, living space, for the made up “Germanic master race”, the Greater Germanic Reich would be founded.
Berlin was to be the center of the new empire, and London and Paris were to look up to the new world capital.
Berlin was to be the center of the new empire, and London and Paris were to look up to the new world capital.
Therefore, everything had to be torn down. Hitler and Speer had concrete plans for central Berlin and were already underway before the war began.
An east-west axis was established through the Tiergarten park from the Brandenburg Gate to the district of Charlottenburg. The street that already ran through the park was widened, and the Victory Column, commemorating Prussia’s victories over Denmark and France, was moved to the center of the east-west axis.
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