Germania

Question 1

What was Hitler’s architect Speer given the task of in 1937?

Answer 1

trasforming berlin from the sprawling metropolis that it was into germania the gleaming new capital of a greater germany

Question 2

January 28 1938?

Answer 2

plans drawn up by peer’s office presented to the public

Question 3

What did the sketches propose?

Answer 3

centred a grand boulevard which was to run from north to south for around seven km through the heart of the city linkin two proposed new rail termini

Question 4

what did speer plan for the grand hall?

Answer 4

would have been the largest enclosed space in the word with a dome 16 time larger than that of St. Peter’s dome in rome

Question 5

How many would the great hall have been able to host?

Answer 5

180,000

Question 6

What did Hitler plan for the design of the Arch of Triumph?

Answer 6

117 metre tall

engraved on its walls names of 1.8 million fallen for the first world war

Question 7

What areas did Speer’s plans cover?

Answer 7

hitler’s interest in the project was exclusively the north-south axis
speer had succeeded in incorporating a more thorough organisation of the city’s infrastructure