Nazis' capital becomes a German internet hit
IT was to be Hitler’s Rome, the capital of the dictator’s 1,000-year reich, complete with triumphal avenue and a huge dome to hold 180,000 people for political rallies. But Germania was never built, and the country turned its back on the plans.
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Now, however, thousands of Germans are now turning to a website to see a 3D animation of what Hitler’s architect, Albert Speer, had planned .
Since the company behind the project offered posters and an interactive CD of Germania last month, its website - panorama-berlin.de - has become the most visited in Germany. A company spokesman said: "There is a great deal of interest in what the capital might have turned out like. This is not a Nazi freak show, but satisfying an historical hunger."