My mum's dad was from the Netherlands. When the Nazis invaded the Netherlands he was taken as slave labor. Since he was a master builder by trade he was put on a special project and I am pretty sure that Germania was this special project.

@ArchitectureArchive

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment and thank you for sharing such a personal and powerful story of your family. WWII affected many people and their families in ways that are hard for us to imagine.

@lamontcranston3177

8 ай бұрын

Hard life your grandfather had. I'm sorry.

@sofedits2872

5 ай бұрын

Jew

@lamontcranston3177

5 ай бұрын

@@sofedits2872 DUMB NAZI TRASH. WORTHLESS RACIST GARBAGE.

@emu071981

5 ай бұрын

@@sofedits2872 As far as I know of I have no Jewish heritage but if I did then why would it matter?

Honestly even if Germany won the Second World War, I really think that the development of this project will eventually be scaled down and look far different even if implemented.

@bbbbavkf

7 ай бұрын

Correct, the Nazis actually did build very heavy concrete structures to test the solidity and carrying capacity of the sandy Berlin ground. They found that neither the Arc nor the big Hall could be built because they were way too heavy and would sink.

@Icetea-2000

7 ай бұрын

I don’t think so, in fact I think Hitler would double down if he won against Britain and the USSR. His ego would’ve reached unthinkable levels as it was already immense after the defeat of France. He would not allow a downscaling of his and Speer's pet project, in fact I think it would be much more likely that he would scale it up instead. He wouldn’t care how many resources it would take

@Icetea-2000

7 ай бұрын

@@bbbbavkfof course they could be built, we’ve built much bigger and heavier buildings than that, it would’ve needed severe reinforcements but it would’ve been possible

@user-wj6dt5bq3w

2 ай бұрын

@@Icetea-2000 That wasn't the plan. The future defeat of Russia was perceived as being connected to Britain making peace, peace not "winning" against them. The two fronts were deemed interconnected.

@cowboybeboop9420

Ай бұрын

@@Icetea-2000 Honestly, it`s actually too bad he didn`t build this city center. It just looks cool.

If Germany was great

@MikeYm98875

5 ай бұрын

Exactly man look at Europe now

fascinating. where did you get the visualizations of the city in the final section? they are very well done especially the night time shot.

Bro Amazing job ,love the content

@ArchitectureArchive

10 ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate it.

@user-dv3hd3dn3b

10 ай бұрын

Jeff Bezos quality

A real remnant of Germania - the Schwerbelastungskörper.

2:16 giant Hitler face staring back at you.

This is like watching an episode of the Man in the High Castle.

@ArchitectureArchive

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment! The comparison with "The Man in the High Castle" is very interesting, as both works deal with an alternate history where the Nazis took over the world. Our video tries to give a glimpse of what Germania might have been like if it had been completed. We hope it has given you a new perspective on this part of history.

@Icetea-2000

7 ай бұрын

@@ArchitectureArchivethis has got to be AI generated 💀

Itd be interesring to see the other projects of grandiose excess that didnt come to fruition

@ArchitectureArchive

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment, we are planning another video on this topic in the future, definitely something to look forward to!

The sandy the boggy soil of Berlin wasn't suited to such megalomania

Oh my god is that the Big Building in Neu Berlin from TNO mod???

@hanslanda336

7 ай бұрын

Yes

They didn't had to made it... Kaiser moved to Kapitol Hill..

2:13 The what ?

Why did you repeated the same part 4 times xd

Most of the names and titles are mispronounced. Is this an AI generated video?

@ArchitectureArchive

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. Yes the voice you hear in this video is created by AI.

Too bad you mispronounced every German word.

@gp2779

7 ай бұрын

To be fair German is a difficult language.

@hanslanda336

7 ай бұрын

​@@gp2779should have used better AI then

bmf

Volkshalle should be pronounced "folks - HAH - ley", not "volk - shall". They spoke (and still speak) German in Germany.

@hanslanda336

7 ай бұрын

"folks - HAH - le"*

No wonder Hitler was rejected from art school, his art was terrible. Germania was completely unoriginal, and just a scaled up immitation of Ancient Greece or Rome but without any soul. The fact that Germany had to import marble for Hitler's vanity project rather than do anything original is extra pathetic. I think of that Shrek quote on Lord Farquaad's castle "you think maybe he's compensating for something?"

@nationalpropagandist

4 ай бұрын

So what about todays art ?😂😂😂

@user-wj6dt5bq3w

2 ай бұрын

It wasn't meant to be original, he knew it was Greek and Roman. You obviously haven't studied the man, this is not a secret. Get educated. Read the Frederic Spotts book, "Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics".

Oh really? You will? Not with that computer aided voice.

Hitler's ideas of city design were straight out of "Metropolis". Giant monolithic buildings that just shrunk its human inhabitants down to the level of ants. Crushing concrete monstrosities that just pandered to his boundless megalomania.

@user-wj6dt5bq3w

2 ай бұрын

No, you aren't getting it at all. These buildings were supposed to exist for thousands of years long after he was dead so it clearly wasn't just about his ego. The message was the identification of the masses with the power of the STATE and the public's feelings of being great themselves through their connection with something so spectacular.

Its way too big 😅 really ugly

@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45

8 ай бұрын

You could say that it's a Big Building in Neu Berlin

@jeffduck3731

8 ай бұрын

Yeah like USA.

@eatinsomtin9984

7 ай бұрын

Looks nice wdym

@user-wj6dt5bq3w

2 ай бұрын

@@eatinsomtin9984They'll always say it was ugly because "he was evil", we are dealing with brainwashed children.