
The Wannsee Villa


















Hitler, at the Deutschlandhalle, thanks the work force for building the new Reichskanzlei,
December 23, 1938


The old Deutschlandhalle in 1942
The new Deutschlandhalle will be replaced for a new Messehalle
Siemens-
Location: Siemensstadt, between Spandau and Charlottenburg
Today: Gone. The names Siemensdamm and Siemensstadt are a reminder of the Siemens-
On November 10, 1933 Hitler spoke to the workers of the Siemens-
Sportforum (9)
Location: In the Hans-
Today: This is the location where the Sportmuseum Berlin is today.
Hitler held a speech at the Sportforum on July 27, 1932.


Berlin West
What’s called Berlin West here is the area west of the road 100, the Messedamm and the Hohezollerndamm.
1.Wannsee villa
2. Planned villa Albert Speer
3. Goebbels Schwanenwerder villa
4. Villa Dr. Morell
5. Albert Speers rented villa
6. Planned villa Adolf Hitler
7. Spandau Prison 8. Olympic Stadium 9. Sportforum 10. Station Heerstrasse 11. Gaststätte
Neue Welt (?) 12. Theodor-
12a. Apartment Magda Quandt
13. Messegelände Automobilausstellung
14. Deutschalndhalle
15. Bahnhof Finkenkrug
16. Siemensdamm
17. Harriesstraße
18. Apartment Göring

This building was originally used by the Nordstern-



Hotel Rheingold is one street behind the Kurfürstendamm.
Tennishallen (Wilmersdorfer Tennishallen) (3)
Location: Brandenburgische Strasse corner Konstanzer Strasse
Today: A depot of the Berliner Hafen-
The Tennishallen were built in 3 months in 1930. The hall served as a depot for ammunition in the war. On January 27, and February 10, 1932 Hitler spoke at the tennishall .

The Wilmersdorfer Tennishallen at the end of the war
Technische Hochschule, Wehrtechnische Fakultät (5-
Location: Straße des 17. Juni, remains of the planned Wehrtechnische Fakultät are
behind the Telefunken-
Today: The Hochschule is called Technische Universität Berlin today. Parts of the old building are still visible. The Wehrtechnische Fakultät V was never finished.
On November 27, 1937 Hitler held a speech when the first stone was layed of the Wertechnischen Fakultät of the Technischen Hochschule.
The building of the Technische Hochschule in 1895
(picture: public domain, www.wikipedia.de)
The Technische Universität in 2006. On the right, one of the walls of the old building is still there.
(picture: www.wikipedia.de)




Geburtstagparade 1939. Hitler watches the parade pass the Technische Hochschule.
(picture: Reichshauptstadt Berlin, 2009)
Hitler watching the parade pass the Technische Hochschule
(picture: Hitler, de aanslagen, 2006)


Only a wall remains of the old Technische Hochschule.
(picture: the Hitlerpages, 2011)
The parade Hitler watched, came past Charlottenburg gate.
(picture: the Hitlerpages, 2011)
Speech for students
Location: Unknown
On February 4, 1933 Hitler spoke to students in Berlin at an unknown location.
A meeting at the university in 1934. If Hitler was present or on what exact date this picture was taken, I don’t know.
(picture: Bundesarchiv, www.wikipedia.de)

Berlin South
Berlin South here is the area south of the Bismarckstrasse, the Strasse des 17. Juni
and south of it and south of the Karl-
1.Bar Alois Hitler 2. Hotel Rheingold 3. Wilmersdorfer Tennishallen 4. Fehrbelliner Platz 5. Wehrtechnische Fakultät 6. Ernst Reuter Platz 7. Technischen Hochschule
8. Opel dealer were William Patrick Hitler worked 9. Flakturm 10. Zoölogischer Garten
11. Kaiser-
21. Grossbelastungskörper 22. Arc de Triomphe 23. South Station 24. Tempelhof 25. Reichsbank 26. Görlitzer Bahnhof
27. Treptower Park 28. or 29. Kameradschaft der Deutschen Künstler (?) 30. Villa Ribbentrop 31. Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler
32. Practice Theo Morell 1919 -
33. Practice Theo Morell 1935 -
34. House of Leni riefenstahl
35. Office Goebbels 36. Villa Von Ribbentrop
37. Address Goebbels and Angriff 38. Bahnhof Grunewald 39. Practice Dr. Dermietzel
40. Berliner Alte Philharmonie
Wineshop/bar of Alois Hitler (1)
Location: Leonhardstrasse 5, about 100 m. from station
Charlottenburg
Today: Not sure.
Alois Hitler, the half brother of Adolf Hitler, had
a wineshop/bar at the Leonhardstrasse.
Opel Eduard Winter and other locations were William Patrick Hitler worked (8)
Location:
Kurfürstendam 207
Today: Not sure
William Patrick Hitler worked in Berlin for a while,
for the following companies:
1. Reichskrecht Gesellschaft
2. Opel, Rüsselheim
3. Opel
Eduard Winter, Kurfürstendam 207
4. Schultheiss-
Kaiser-
Location: Breitscheidplatz
Today: War memorial.
The
ruïns of this church are a reminder of WW II. There’s a modern tower/chappel right
next to it.






The Gedächniskirche in 1930
(picture: Berlin, Damals und Heute, 2009)
The Gedächniskirche is a reminder of the destructive power of war.
(coloured pictures: The Hitlerpages, 2009)

Restaurant ‘Alois’ (12)
Location: Wittenbergplatz 3
Today: There’s an Italian restaurant
on this address now, called Mola.
Adolf Hitlers half brother Alois had a restaurant
here.

The former restaurant of Alois Hitler is called Mola today.
(pictures: the Hitlerpages, 2009 & 2011)




From left to right: The Siegessäule on the Königsplatz in 1930 (Berlin, Damals und Heute, 2009), the pillar under construction (picture: Reichshauptstadt Berlin, 2009) and the Siegessäule today. Albert Speer added an extra part to the pillar, as you can see on the picture on the right. (picture: the Hitlerpages, 2006)





Left: Inside the Sportpalast in 1932 Right: Hitler and Goebbels shaking hands at the Sportpalast on January 20, 1933 (pictures: Hitlers Handlangers, 2004)

Albert Speer’s Streetlights (14)
Location: Along the Strasse des 17 Juni
Today: A lot
of the streetlights are still there.
Germania was never realised and the new Reichskanzlei
was ruïned after the war, but Albert Speer left Berlin the streetlights along the
Strasse des 17. Juni.

The streetlights designed by Albert Speer (picture: the Hitlerpages, 2004)
Bendlerblock/Reichswehrministerium (15)
Location: Stauffenbergstraße (originally named Bendlerstrasse), south of the Tiergarten
Today: Still there
The Bendlerblock was erected between 1911 and 1914 and used by the Reich Navy Office. During the Weimar Republic the building served as the seat of the Reichswehr Command. The building serves as secondary office of the German Federal Ministry of Defence. It also is a major memorial for the plot against Hitlers life on July 20, 1944. In the courtyard of the building the conspirators (including Graf von Stauffenberg) were executed. On March 13, 1937 Hitler held a speech for Generalfeldmaschall von Blomberg, who served the army 40 years.







A bombed Bendlerblock at the end of the war (picture: Van Capelle and Van de Bovenkamp, 2007)
The Bendlerblock and its courtyard where Stauffenberg was executed (pictures: the Hitlerpages, 2009)
Haus des Deutschen Fremdenverkehrs (Runde Platz) (16)
Location: Potsdammer Straße, right across the road from the Sigismundstraße (on the side of the Kulturforum Berlin and a small park)
Today: Not longer there. The Kulturforum Berlin is there now. The building was ruïned in the war. The ruïnes were taken away in the 50’s.
The house of German tourism was part of the plans for the new Germania Hitler was going to built. In fact it was one of the few parts of Germania that was almost finished.On June 14, 1938 Hitler layed the first stone of the German House of Tourisme on the Runde Platz. More information about Germania can be found here: kunst.gymszbad.de.
Hitler lays the first stone of the Haus des Deutschen Fremdenverkehrs.
(picture: Bundesarchiv, www.wikipedia.de)
The building in 1959



Hitler walking towards the Haus des Deutschen Fremdenverkehrs on the Potsdammerstraße for the opening ceremony in 1938.
(picture: Reichshauotstadt Berlin, 2009)
House of General Hammerstein-
Location: Ostflügel of the Bendlerblock, Stauffenbergstraße (originally named Bendlerstrasse), south of the Tiergarten
Today: The Bendlerblock is still there.
On February 3, 1933 Hitler spoke for the army leaders at the house of general Hammerstein-
Speech to Reichswehrgenerälen (15)
Location: Unknown
During a meeting of the army command and the leaders of the SA on February 28, 1934 Hitler made very clear that the Reichswehr would be the only army of Germany. The SA was going to be an institute for ideological education. Röhm, the leader of the SA was very angry and he expressed his criticism on Hitler. The SA secretly continued to arm itself.
Hotel Sanssouci (17)
Location: Linkstrasse 37 (South of Potsdamer Platz)
Today: Modern
buildings
On October 14, 1930 Hitler held a speech at the hotel Sanssouci. Earlier
that year (on May 21-
Hitler must have stayed at this hotel
on a few other occasions too. It is said that when William Patrick Hitler talked
to the English press about Adolf Hitler and family-

A drawing of hotel Sanssouci
(source: www.hauptstadtberlin.org)


Hotel Excelsior (18)
Location: Askanischer Platz, across the street from the Anhalter
Bahnhof
Today: Gone
The Hotel Excelsior was one of the biggest and most modern hotels
in the world. Here the Nazi Party wanted to go on the eve of their assumption of
power. The owner of the hotel must have turned down the honour. The hotel Kaiserhof
was their second choice for that event.
Left: The Anhalter Bahnhof Site, with the Europahaus and the Excelsiorhaus (2005)
Right: The hotel Excelsior (brochure: David Levine Collection)

Anhalter Bahnhof in 1902
(picture: Berlin, Damals und Heute, 2009)
The remains of the railway station today
(pictures: the Hitlerpages, 2011)




Hitler and Mussolini at the Anhalter Bahnhof (picture: Van Capelle and Van de Bovenkamp, 2007)


Speers Schwerbealstungskörper was ment to test if the Berlin grounds
for the large buildings planned.
(picture: Reichshauptstadt Berlin, 2009)




The Tempelhofer Feld on
May 1, 1935
(picture: www.napolun.com)






The airport in 1930
(picture: Hauptstadt Berlin, 1990)
Hitler arrives at Tempelhof on the 30th of November 1932.
(pictures: Hitlers Handlangers, 2004)
Tempelhof on May 1, 1933
(picture: Reichshauptstadt Berlin, 2009)





Airport Tempelhof is not longer in use. (pictures: the Hitlerpages, 2011)



Germania, Triumphal Arch and South Station (22-
Location: Arch: Bridge between the Dudenstrasse and the Kolonnenstraße. Station:
At the end of the road, somewhere in the area of the General-
Today: Never realised
Adolf Hitler and Albert Speer had great plans with Berlin. An impressive road with
large buildings had to run from the Platz der Republik to the General-

A scale model of Germania. In front is the roof of the South Station. Behind it is the Arc de Triomph and in the back is the Great Hall.
(picture: Het Nazisme, 2007)







The Reichsbank
The Reichsbank has become the Foreign Ministry. (pictures: The Hitlerpages, 2010)
Görlitzer Bahnhof (26)
Location: Berlin south-
Today: Gone. There’s a park (the Görlizer Park) and a swimming pool now. The Spreewaldplatz
used to be the Bahnhofsvorplatz. The U-
This station was the beginning of the track through Cottbus to Görlizt. Hitler used this Bahnhof for instance for his trip to Czechoslovakia. A picture below shows him returning from there.



Görlitzer station in 1928
(picture: wikipedia, public domain)
Hitler arriving at the Görlitzer Bahnhof, after a trip to Czechoslovakia.
A map of the area of the station. There’s a park at this location today.
(map: wikipedia, public domain)
Kameradadschaft der Deutschen Künstler (28 or 29)
Location: Victoriastrasse 4
Today: Unknow
It is said that Hitler used to come here.
Practice Theo Morell 1935 -
Location: Kurfürstendamm 216 (corner Fasanenstraße)
Today:
Still there.
Theo Morell replaced his old practice for a better one on the Kurfürstendamm
in 1935, but Morell travelled a lot, because Hitler wanted him around when he was
not in Berlin.


Morells practice was located at the first floor of this building on the Kurfürstendamm
(picture: Neumann and Eberle, 2009)
The Engel Apothek on the Mohrenstraße. This is the building where Morell got Hitlers medication.
(picture: Neumann and Eberle, 2009)


Kurfürstendamm 216 today
(pictures: the Hitlerpages, 2010)
House of Leni Riefenstahl (34)
Location: Heydenstrasse 30
Today: Still there
In June
1937, after Leni Riefenstahl bought a new house in Berlin, Hitler and Goebbels came
to take a look at it.






Hitler, Riefenstahl and Goebbels in the garden of Riefenstahl’s new house
A picture from LIFE Magazine of Goebbels, Riefenstahl and Hitler in the garden of the house
(picture: LIFE magazine)
The same group of people in the garden of the villa
Ilse Riefenstahl, Frau Dr. Ebersberg, Bertha Riefenstahl, Josef Goebbels, Heinz Riefenstahl, Leni Riefenstahl and Adolf Hitler at the house on the Heydenstrasse
The house that was once the property of Lenis Riefenstahl is still there.
Office Goebbels (35)
Location: Berliner Strasse
Today: Unknown
The first office of Josef
Goebbels in Berlin was located somewhere in the Berliner Straße.
Goebbels in his office on the Berliner Straße (picture: Van Capelle and Van de Bovenkamp, 2007)

Villa Von Ribbentrop (36)
Location: Lentzeallee 7-
Today: New built
houses
The villa that used to be here belonged to foreign minister Von Rippentrop. Hitler and Von Papen met here in Januari 1933 to negotiate about Hitler’s appointment as chancellor.
Adolf Hitler visits Von Ribbentrop on his 46th birthday on April 30 (!), 1939 at Von Ribbentrops villa in Berlin Dahlem. (picture: Van Capelle and Van de Bovenkamp, 2007)


Von Ribbentrop’s villa with Himmlers car in front of it. (picture: Van Capelle and Van de Bovenkamp, 2007)

A map of the villa on the Lentzeallee (picture: Berlin Architekturmuseum)
Goebbels address in 1933 -
Location: Hedemannstraße 10
Today:
Still there
In the Berliner Adressbücher of 1933 this was mentioned as the address of Josef Goebbels.
It is also known as the address where the NS-
Hedemannstrasse 10 today
(picture: zeitungsviertel.de)


Police detachment in front of the headquarters of the SA in Berlin, Hedemannstrasse. On the window on the right is the sign of Der Angriff. (picture: Getty Images, 14 April 1932)
Bahnhof Grunewald (38)
Location: Am Bahnhof Grunewald
Today: Station with monument
for the Jewish people who got transported to concentration camps from this station,
called Gleis 17 (Track 17)
On December 6, 1944 Adolf Hitler took his train from this station to an unknown station in the Werra area, on his way to his Führerheadquarters Adlerhorst.
The monument for the Jewish people who were taken to several concentration camps from this station.
The head building of Bahnhof Grunewald is still there.
(picture: wikipedia)



Track 17 was the track from where the most trains that transported Jewish people left.
Practice Dr. Karl Friedrich Dermietzel (39)
Location: Berliner Straße 97
Today: Unknown
Hitler went to doctor Dermietzel at least once, most likely during the political campaign in 1932. There are documents that prove that Hitler saw him, but it is unclear if Hitler went to his practice or if the doctor came to see him. On April 4, 1932 Hitler was in Berlin for speeches. This could be the date he saw the dotor.





Hitler speaks to the Hitlerjugend on May 1, 1938 or 1939.
(picture: Hitlerjugend, 2003)





On May 1, 1939 Hitler speaks for the Hitlerjugend at Olympic Stadium again. (picture: LIFE magazine, 1939)









Hitler on the Führer balcony of the Olympic Stadium
For the celebrations of May 1, 1939 there was a speakers platform made on the side of the stadium opposite to the Führer balcony.
(pictures: LIFE magazine, 1939)
The Olympic Stadium in 2011. (picture: the Hitlerpages, 2011)

Internationale Automobil Ausstellung (13)
Location: Messegelände, Kaiserdamm Masurenallee; the (second) Automobil-
Today: Omnibusbahnhof-
On February 11, 1933 and on March 7, 1934 Hitler opened the Internationale Automobilausstellung in Berlin. The exact location was not mentioned in the source I used. On February 14, 1935 he opened this exhibition again. This time the location is mentioned: the Ausstellungshallen. On February 15, 1936 Hitler opened the international car exhibition again with a speech and on February 27, 1936 he spoke to car manufacturers during the exhibition. On February 20, 1937 Hitler opened the Automobilausstellung of 1937 and the next year on February 18 he did the same. February 17, 1939 was the last time Hitler opened the International Carexhibition in the Messehallen.






Automobilausstellung 1933
Hitler in front of the Ausstellungs-
(picture: Reichshauptstadt Berlin, 2009)
Hitler held an opening speech at the Automobilausstellung of 1939
(on February 17).
(picture: Reichshauptstadt Berlin, 2009)
Hitler at the Automobilausstellung of 1939 (again on February 17)
(picture: Reichshauptstadt
Berlin, 2009)
Hitler and Göring at the Automobilausstellung of 1934
(picture: Hitlers Handlangers,
2004)


Apartment Göring 1933 (18)
Location: Kaiserdamm 34, third floor
Today: Petrol station, corner Kaiserdamm/Soorstraße
Hermann Göring had an apartment on the Kaiserdamm in 1933.
Berliner Alte Philharmonie (40)
Location: Bernburger Straße 22/Köthener Strasse
Today:
The first Philharmonie in Berlin was located at the Bernburger Straße 22. In 1898
the Beethovensaal on the Köthener Straße was added to the Philharmonie. After the
war the area was ruïned. Today apartment buildings are on the grounds of the former
Philharmonie. A new Philharmonie was built on the Kemperplatz between 1960 an 1963.
In November 1936 Adolf Hitler saw a concert here of the Londoner Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Beecham. On February 10, 1937 Hitler saw Wilhelm Furtwangler’s return to the concert platform here.


A postcard showing the inside of the Philharmonie in 1900
Emmy Göring, Adolf Hitler, Josef Goebbels and Hermann Göring at the Berliner Philharmonie on February 10, 1937.