Germania

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## Berlin

Germania

Volkshalle

### Demonym

Berliner(s) (English)Berliner (m), Berlinerin (f) (German)

### Builder

Albert Speer

**Berlin (WeltHauptstadt Germania)** is the capital of the Nazi German Third Reich. Formerly known as **Berlin** After World War II, Adolf Hitler and Albert Speer were able to make their designs of *Welthauptstadt Germania* a reality. it is the source of all orders to nazi provinces and puppet states and the resting place of the high command of the Third Reich.

In the alternate timeline of Wolfenstein: The New Order, After World War II Adolf Hitler and Albert Speer were able to make their designs of *Welthauptstadt Germania* a reality. Mostly constructed out of Über Concrete, Berlin is the source of all orders to German states, provinces, puppet states, occupied areas, and colonies and is the resting place of the Military High Command of the Third Reich. It is also home to Eisenwald Prison, where members of the resistance are being held. Following the defeat of the nazis and their reich, most buildings were demolished as the it was revert back to Berlin and was modernized by the allies and Z-Tech, serving as the captial of the Federal Republic of Germany

## Overview

The ***Volkshalle*** ("People's Hall"), also called *Grosse Halle* ("Great Hall") or *Ruhmeshalle* ("Hall of Glory"), is a huge domed monumental building in Berlin, planned and designed by Hitler's architect Albert Speer.

The dome of the *Volkshalle* was to rise from a massive granite podium 315 by 315 metres (1,033 ft × 1,033 ft) and 74 metres (243 ft) high, to a total inclusive height of 290 metres (950 ft). The diameter of the dome was 250 metres (820 ft). It would have been almost as tall as the Empire State Building in New York City at 1,454 feet (443.2 m) tall. Inside the *Volkshalle*, there is a massive apse, covered with gold mosaics and enclosing a giant silver statue of the symbol of Germany, depicted as an eagle beneath which is situated the Führer's tribunal. From the podium there, speakers would be able to address more than 150,000 people, seated in three tiers of seats enclosing a giant circular arena. It would have been located where the current Spreebogen Park, Swiss Embassy, German Chancellery, Paul-Lobe House, German Republic Plaza and the Bundestag Building are currently located. To the north of the *Volkshalle* was the *Grosses Becken* ("Large Pool") with water provided by the River Spree, similar to the Reflecting Pool in Washington D.C. in front of the Washington Memorial. The *Nördbanhoff* would have been at the north end of the *Grosses Becken* near the current Berlin Central Train Station. In the series, monorails can be seen running along the *Charlottenburger Chaussee* and the *Prachtallee,* and it is presumed that monorails connected the major train station terminals, the Tempelhof Airport and other major destinations within the city, like the *Reichskanzlei* ("Reich Chancellery") near Brandenburg Gate, the Berlin Olympic Stadium in the western half of the city north of *Charlottenburger Chaussee,* and *Berlin Stadtbahn* near *Alexanderplatz* ("Alexander Plaza") in the east.

The *Volkshalle* was to be at the northern end of the *Prachtallee ("Avenue of* Splendours") which would have been built on the earlier proposed *Siegesallee* ("Victory Avenue") which was a north-south boulevard originally planned by German Emperor William II in 1895. The *Triumpfbogen* ("Arch of Triumph"), was to be a huge triumphal arch that was to be 117 meters (383 ft) high and 170 meters (557 ft) wide, or about three times as large as the *Arc de Triomphe* in Paris. The arch was to be constructed after the Second World War, and was to honor the Germans who fell during previous wars, located at the southern end of the *Prachtallee* near Tempelhof Airport near the current Kolonenstrasse-Dudenstrasse. The *Prachtallee* would have terminated at the proposed *Südbahnhof* near the current Berlin Südkreuz train station.

### Eisenwald Prison

The primary prison in the city, Eisenwald Prison is home to many captured resistance fighters, and is guarded by melee guards, kampfhunds and panzerhunds.

### Kreisau Circle HQ

The headquarters of the Kreisau Circle Resistance within Berlin, situated beneath the Monuments of Truth.

### Monuments of Truth

The Monuments of Truth were commissioned by Adolf Hitler to celebrate, in his own words, "the spirit of the people which led this great nation to victory". An annual parade is held each fall which crosses the bridge that was built between the two statues of the monument. This parade street continues all the way up to the entrance of the Volkshalle.

### Reich Chancellery

This is the main Reich command centre. The *Furherbunker*, where Hitler (presumably) would go if he was attacked by resistance fighters, is located here.

### Secret Police Headquarters

The headquarters for the secret police in Berlin, used for monitoring citizens and interrogating prisoners.

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To facilitate a society that adheres to the principles of the Nazi ideology, the Secret Police of Berlin is an essential part of everyday life in Berlin. Their presence is at once omnipresent and invisible. The citizens of Berlin know that their every move is being watched and, having been indoctrinated for over a decade that it is for their own good, most of them are perfectly fine with this. The Secret Police Headquarters is located just a few blocks from the Volkshalle of Berlin.

The Secret Police Headquarters is located just south of the Volkshalle, containing the offices, command center, and interrogation rooms of the secret police. It shares a rear parking lot with a Hotel, as well as a number of other buildings. It is the last place where any Resistance members want to end up.

### Volkshalle

The massive meeting hall of the Third Reich dominates the Berlin skyline. The *Man In the High Castle* series depicts the Volkshalle houses some of the most important governmental ministries and provides a venue where the state’s leadership can address an assembly of over 150,000 people.
The Volkshalle is also the official residence of the Führer und Reichskanzler, who serves as the Reich’s supreme authority. Other important state bodies include the Reichstag, the legislative branch which convenes in a neighboring building of the same name, reconstructed following its destruction by supposed communist elements during the tumultuous 1930s.