Reichstag

The Reichstag or the Reichstag building was a German building that was located in the city of Berlin and was captured by the Russians during the end of World War II. The Reichstag building was first featured in the computer game in Call of Duty and was only featured in that game.

History
The Reichstag building began under construction on the year 1871 and was completed on 1894. The Reichstag building was used for parliament purposes for the German government until the rise of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist rule.

When Adolf Hitler became the Reichskanzler or the Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933 the Reichstag building was set on fire on February 27, 1933. This proved to be a valuable excuse for the Nazis to suspend most human rights provided for by the 1919 constitution in the Reichstag Fire Decree.

During the 12 years of Nazi rule, the Reichstag building was not used for parliamentary reasons because it was damaged by the after the fire. But, when the Reichstag convened at all, it did so in the former opera house called the Krolloper building which was opposite the Reichstag building. This applies as well to the session of 23 March 1933, in which the Reichstag disposed of its powers in favour of the Nazi government in the Enabling Act another step of the so-called Gleichschaltung, the legal steps through which the Nazis seized power. Soon the Reichstag building was used for propaganda presentations and during World War II it was used for German military purposes such as being turned into a Flak Tower.

The Reichstag building was never fully repaired, but was further damaged by Allied air raids during the Battle of Berlin in the year 1945. The Reichstag building soon became a central target fot the Red Army mostly for its symbolic significance.

Currently in modern day visitors to the Reichstag building can still see the old Soviet graffiti all over the smokey walls and on the roof of the building.

The Reichstag building is featured in the last level of Call of Duty called, The Reichstag in the Russian campagin.