The new West German Chancellery building was a black structure completed in the International Style, in an unassuming example of modernism.

By comparison, the new Chancellery building is eight times the size of the White House.

Designed by the Chicago architect Helmut Jahn, the Post Tower looms over the old Parliament and Chancellery buildings in the former West German capital.

After the war both the old and new Chancellery buildings were levelled by the Soviets, but despite some attempts at demolition the underground complex remained largely undisturbed until 1988-89.

The ruins of both the old and new Chancellery buildings were levelled by the Soviets between 1945 and 1949 but the bunker largely survived, although some areas were partially flooded.

It seemed as if each shell landed in exactly the same place as the one before, all dead-center on the Chancellery buildings.

Other buildings with decorative works by him include Rosenborg Castle, the Eremitage Lodge and the Chancellery building in Copenhagen.

The chauffeured Mercedes glided to a halt in the enclosed courtyard at the rear of the Chancellery building and Schellenberg climbed out.

On April 30 the Soviet troops begin their attack on the Chancellery building while Hitler lunches with Junge and Eva Braun.