Bendlerblock
Sign in to saveThe Bendlerblock () is a building complex in the Tiergarten district of Berlin, Germany, located on (formerly named ). Erected in 1914 as the headquarters of several Imperial German Navy () offices, it served the Ministry of the Reichswehr after World War I. Significantly enlarged under Nazi rule, it was used by several departments of the (OKW) from 1938, especially the and the intelligence agency.
Key facts
- Building.name
- Bendlerblock
- Building.image
- Berlin, Tiergarten, Reichpietschufer, Bendler-Block 02.jpg
- Building.caption
- South facade on Landwehr Canal
- Building.architectural_style
- Neoclassical
- Building.address
- Stauffenbergstraße 13
- Building.location_town
- 10785 Berlin
- Building.location_country
- Germany
- Building.years_built
- 19111914
- Building.known_for
- Resistance memorial, role in 20 July plot
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Name
- History
- Weimar Republic
- Nazi rule
- 20 July plot
- Post-war era
- Use in filming
- References
- External links
The Bendlerblock () is a building complex in the Tiergarten district of Berlin, Germany, located on (formerly named ). Erected in 1914 as the headquarters of several Imperial German Navy () offices, it served the Ministry of the Reichswehr after World War I. Significantly enlarged under Nazi rule, it was used by several departments of the (OKW) from 1938, especially the and the intelligence agency.
The building is notable as the headquarters of a resistance band of officers who staged the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler in 1944. As the leaders of the conspiracy were summarily shot in the courtyard, the Bendlerblock also includes the Memorial to the German Resistance. Since 1993, the building complex has served as a secondary seat of the German Federal Ministry of Defence.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bendlerblock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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