Third Reich intro

Wilhelmstraße, the center of government under the Prussians, continued to be so under Nazi rule. Between Unter den Linden and today’s Niederkirchnerstraße, the only non-Reich structure in 1936 was the British Embassy, which still holds its ground today, although in a modern building. The sole example of fascist bombastic architecture still standing is the former Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Air Force Ministry) built in 1935 by Ernst Sagebiehl. Extending from Leipziger Straße to Niederkichernerstraße, the grey building that once struck fear into the heart of Londoners now just scares Germans with all the bad news flying out of it: the building, stripped of its Nazi insignia, now serves as the Finance Ministry. The Leipziger Straße end of it is lined with images recalling June 17 1953, when workers revolted against Soviet demands throughout East Germany.
Hitler’s New Reichs Chancellory stood on Voßstraße but was demolished after the war. Not to let the red marble of its obnoxiously long hallway go to waste, the Russians lined the nearby Mohrenstraße U-Bahn station with it.
The center of Nazi terror was on Prinz-Albrecht-Straße, today’s Niederkirchnerstraße. The Topography of Terror exhibit explains the functions of the various offices – including the SS and Gestapo - that once occupied the site.