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Hitler had planned this city as something to rival the greatest cities in the world. It isn't clear, but I think he simply wanted to start this inside Berlin itself, and then perhaps call it “Germania”. Whatever the case, it was ambitious in size (based on the size of Hitler's planned office) but barely got off the ground.Read the article here:Hitler's vision of a super-city fit for the Reich takes shape - in minature
I seem to recall watching a show on the history channel recently about this. They talked about how some of the buildings were planned to be so huge that they could not be built with 1940's era engineering. He planned an arena for party rally's that could hold something like 500,000 people if I remember right. Very interesting show that showcased the megalomania of the man.
When I was in Munich a few years ago I went on the Hitler and the Third Reich Walking Tour and saw what was left of a kind of Nazi plaza area. The buildings are still there but unless you knew what they were meant for I don't know that you would find them to be special at all.
Hitler had a close kinship with his architect, Albert Speer, and their friendship which seemed to be in part due to their shared interest in architecture led to the belief that Speer may have been Hitler’s only real “friend”. Hitler’s esteem for his friend likely caused him to promote Speer to the position of Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production.
