(C) Mourning the Ancient

[Above: Entrance to the Reich Chancellery]

[Above: Entrance to the Reich Chancellery - postcard - Click to enlarge.]

[Above: Entrance to the Reich Chancellery - postcard reverse - Click to enlarge.]

[Above: Entrance to the Reich Chancellery]

[Above: The New Reich Chancellery's Courtyard of Honor.]

[Above: The New Reich Chancellery's Courtyard of Honor. A rather horrible print job on this period postcard!]

[Above: The New Reich Chancellery's Courtyard of Honor.]

[Above: The New Reich Chancellery's Courtyard of Honor. Adolf Hitler and company exiting the building.]

[Above: The New Reich Chancellery - view of the central building from the garden.]

[Above: The New Reich Chancellery - Bronze statue by sculptor Josef Thorak in the garden.]

[Above: The Marble Gallery]

[Above: Adolf Hitler with guests in the Marble Gallery]

[Above: The Marble Gallery]

[Above: Entrance to the Reception Hall]

[Above: The Reception Hall]

[Above: Halls of the Reich Chancellery]

[Above: Entrance of the Reich Chancellery]

[Above: The Round Hall]

[Above: Marble relief in The Round Hall entitled "Genius" by Arno Breker.]

[Above: The Round Hall (showing another relief)]

[Above: ...]

[Above: Adolf Hitler and Albert Bormann, a German National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK) officer. Click to enlarge.]

[Above: Grand Reception room]

[Above: Check out that tapestry...]

[Above: Office]

[Above: The Mosaic Hall]

[Above: The Mosaic Hall - Although these look like tapestries, they are mosaics! Crafted by the artist Hermann Kasper.]

[Above: The Mosaic Hall]

[Above: If you look carefully here you can see the little stones that make up the mosaic. The Mosaic Hall]

[Above: The Cabinet Room, formerly the Congress Hall, on the 2nd floor of the Old Chancellery in Berlin, after being renovated by the great Atelier Troost. Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor (January 30, 1933) in this very room!]

[Above: The Cabinet Room]

[Above: The Cabinet Room with Johannes Popitz, Hanns Kerrl, Walther Darré, Hans Frank, Paul von Eltz-Rübenach, March 16, 1935.]

[Above: Chairs like those from the Cabinet Room used in a hallway]

[Above: Side corridor to the Führer's office]

[Above: An alternative view of the side corridor to the Führer's office]

[Above: Side corridor to the Führer's office]

[Above: Ante room of the Führer's office]

[Above: Hitler's private study on the 2nd floor of the Old Chancellery in Berlin. This was renovated by Atelier Troost in 1934.]

[Above: Entrance to the Führer's office]

[Above: The office of Adolf Hitler - the desk of the Führer. This is the Führer's Ceremonial Office on the second floor after being renovated by Atelier Troost (Gerdy Troost's company) in 1935. It was renovated again by Albert Speer in 1939 for the New Chancellery.]

[Above: The office of Adolf Hitler - the desk of the Führer]

[Above: Similiar to that above, this postcard shows slight differences, however, like the light from the wall lamp drawn in]

[Above: The office of Adolf Hitler - the desk of the Führer]

[Above: The office of Adolf Hitler - the desk of the Führer - the three panels on the desk (from left to right): Athena/Minerva, Ares/Mars (Athena's brother) and Medusa (whose head was given to Athena by the hero Perseus and was then added to the magnificent Aegis armor.]

[Above: Close-up of the desk]

[Above: The office of Adolf Hitler - the desk of the Führer]

[Above: The office of Adolf Hitler - lounge area by the fireplace]

[Above: Here's a postcard showing the Reichschancellery.]

[Above: Führer building on Königlichen Platz, entrance.]