What this piece of concrete says about Hitler's crazy plans for Berlin #shorts

This massive cylindrical concrete block was constructed as part of Adolf Hitler's and Albert Speer's grandiose plans to transform Berlin into "Germania," which was intended to be the global capital of the Nazi regime.

#dwhistoryandculture #shorts #ww2 #berlinhistory #wwii

[DrHenrik]

gotta love our german compound nouns this time its "Schwerbelastungskörper" its an adjective, verb, AND noun in one word! Truly magnificent almost a sentence

[haktintin]

history is written by victors, it doesnt mean the loser was a bad guy

[DanceManAlex]

How is a test building a “chilling symbol of what might have been?”

[punishedgloyperstormtroope]

How is it chilling? This Germania city would look much more beautiful than Berlin today. No trash in the streets that’s for starters!

[GarfieldLzanya-sh]

I used to live next to this. Before Brexit :'(

[seppehens]

ithe guy wo modeled the what would be maint capital building made it way to big hahaha, quite a bit bigger then it would have bit if you compare it to maps
intersting monument tho

[chikoschnuffler]

Couldnt he have done that before participating in a war?

[Johnston_]

Let me guess. Using a chatgpt as a news script.

[SuperMooshrooms]

Oh no! Giant amazing classical style buildings.
The horror!