Editing Albert Speer (section)

==Architectural legacy==
[[File:09055087 Berlin Tempelhof, General-Pape-Straße 002.JPG|thumb|alt=Colour photograph of a cylindrical structure|''[[Schwerbelastungskörper]]'' in 2011]]

Little remains of Speer's personal architectural works, other than the plans and photographs. No buildings designed by Speer during the Nazi era are extant in Berlin, other than the four entrance pavilions and underpasses leading to the Victory Column, or [[Siegessäule]],{{efn|See the official website of Berlin at: https://www.berlin.de/en/attractions-and-sights/3560160-3104052-victory-column.en.html}} and the ''[[Schwerbelastungskörper]]'', a heavy load-bearing body built around 1941. The concrete cylinder, {{convert|46|ft|m|adj=off|order=flip|abbr=}} high, was used to measure ground [[subsidence]] as part of feasibility studies for a massive [[triumphal arch]] and other large structures planned within Hitler's post-war renewal project for the city of Berlin as the [[Germania (city)|world capital Germania]]. The cylinder is now a protected landmark and is open to the public.{{sfn|van der Vat|1997|p=75}} The [[Tribune (architecture)|tribune]] of the ''Zeppelinfeld'' stadium in Nuremberg, though partly demolished, can also be seen.{{sfn|Museen der Stadt Nürnberg}}

During the war, the Speer-designed [[New Reich Chancellery]] was largely destroyed by air raids and in the [[Battle of Berlin]]. The exterior walls survived, but they were eventually dismantled by the Soviets. Unsubstantiated rumors have claimed that the remains were used for other building projects such as the [[Humboldt University of Berlin|Humboldt University]], [[Mohrenstraße (Berlin U-Bahn)|Mohrenstraße metro station]] and Soviet war memorials in Berlin.{{sfn|Kitchen|2015|p=56}}