Die Reichhauptstadt.

[robertdmountfor]

Have just returned from Berlin. Am always interested in the TR buildings that are still present there, and when I met up with an old friend who is also a dealer he sold me some great items from the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, yes bit of a mouthful, but Goerings former Air Ministry.
A great eagle wing styilised door handle, and door name plate. All documented in some good ref books in Berlin.
Anyway, I had to blanche when he showed me his photos of the 're-development ' of the building in 1999 for the current residents... Die Bundesfinanzministerium.
Ernst Udets, and FM Milsch's walnut desks were thrown out of the 3rd floor windows, smashing onto the granite paved gardens. Polish and other foreign workers were used for this task.....they had no knowledge ore indeed interest in the former contents.
A massive stone frelief Luftwaffe eagle in marble torn from the lower ground floor walls and smashed into pieces..... brings tears to the eye!
Another place to visit before its too late...Spandau prison. Although you will be told nothing is left, if you go through the main gates, past the awful supermarket, you will eventually find the garden of Rudolf Hess....complete with the acorn trees that he planted. I was chatting mit a former gardener who remembered when Hess was there.....he now is handyman for the supermarket!
Anyway, just thought it may be of interest to other enthusiasts.

Rob

[JägerMartin]

Feel free to post some pics of your finds
Berlin is always a pleasure to visit.

[robertdmountfor]

Feel free to post some pics of your finds
Berlin is always a pleasure to visit.

Of course.... can email them to you at mo....cannot post at present though..

[HouweTrouwe]

Have just returned from Berlin. Am always interested in the TR buildings that are still present there, and when I met up with an old friend who is also a dealer he sold me some great items from the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, yes bit of a mouthful, but Goerings former Air Ministry.
A great eagle wing styilised door handle, and door name plate. All documented in some good ref books in Berlin.
Anyway, I had to blanche when he showed me his photos of the 're-development ' of the building in 1999 for the current residents... Die Bundesfinanzministerium.
Ernst Udets, and FM Milsch's walnut desks were thrown out of the 3rd floor windows, smashing onto the granite paved gardens. Polish and other foreign workers were used for this task.....they had no knowledge ore indeed interest in the former contents.
A massive stone frelief Luftwaffe eagle in marble torn from the lower ground floor walls and smashed into pieces..... brings tears to the eye!Another place to visit before its too late...Spandau prison. Although you will be told nothing is left, if you go through the main gates, past the awful supermarket, you will eventually find the garden of Rudolf Hess....complete with the acorn trees that he planted. I was chatting mit a former gardener who remembered when Hess was there.....he now is handyman for the supermarket!
Anyway, just thought it may be of interest to other enthusiasts.

Rob

TYPICAL

WHAT? MY EAGLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[VtwinVince]

It's actually "Die Reichshauptstadt".

[robertdmountfor]

It's actually "Die Reichshauptstadt".

Tut tut....Please only reply if you are sure of your facts. There is no s between the h and the h in Reichhauptstadt. Punkt.

[CWP]

Yes, there is.

In the interest of accuracy.

[HouweTrouwe]

Tut tut....Please only reply if you are sure of your facts. There is no s between the h and the h in Reichhauptstadt. Punkt.

lol? He is right...

[Bobwirtz]

BERLIN: Then and Now put out a pretty good book on the subject. There is another book out too, specifically for all of the TR sites in Berlin. Each time I go back I'm able to track another one down. Then when I come home I find out if I had turned around when I was looking at one particular site, I would have found another!

Bob

[robertdmountfor]

lol? He is right...

Try googling both....... Hochdeutsche is the latter....so I guess if you are middle klasse..

[robertdmountfor]

BERLIN: Then and Now put out a pretty good book on the subject. There is another book out too, specifically for all of the TR sites in Berlin. Each time I go back I'm able to track another one down. Then when I come home I find out if I had turned around when I was looking at one particular site, I would have found another!

Bob

Should always visit two excellent shops, 'Zinfigueren' just behind Savigny platz Ubahn, and Berlin Story, Unter Den Linden. Very good books, and reference's
Also, Ka De We, dvd dept. Picked up 'liberation' or befreiung in German. The Mosfilm soviet version of the 'lib' of Berlin.

[DaveNZ]

as an aside wasnt it Speer who designed the garden in Spandau and not Hess?

I know they all worked in it.

I would love to visit such places as where Spandau was located. So much history.

[robertdmountfor]

as an aside wasnt it Speer who designed the garden in Spandau and not Hess?

I know they all worked in it.

I would love to visit such places as where Spandau was located. So much history.

Speer took an architectural interest in the garden....using bricks to remind himself of cityscapes, and he certainly did most of the hard work of maintaining it. When Hess was the last prisoner, he did plant the acorn tree's which still remain, I took some windfalls, and may grow my own 'Hess inspired tree!'
But on a serious note, just gle earth the prison and you will see what is left. Its amazing that the authorities overlooked the significance of this garden....but for how long, who knows? You know how that wretched system is currently working.

[HouweTrouwe]

Try googling both....... Hochdeutsche is the latter....so I guess if you are middle klasse..

Is it Reichführer-SS or Reichsführer-SS?

[Bobwirtz]

Reichsfuhrer