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In May 1945 during the Battle of Berlin, the [[Red Army]] fought its way to the Reichstag, rather then the Reich Chancellery where Hitler was dugout in the bunker.  The Soviets used the symbol of "The Peoples House", the Reichstag, to plant the [[Soviet]] victory flag.  The building was further damaged in heavy fighting.  During the 40 years of the [[East German]] regime, the communists, like the Nazis, never bothered to rebuild the symbol pf German parliamentary democracy, either.  

In May 1945 during the Battle of Berlin, the [[Red Army]] fought its way to the Reichstag, rather then the Reich Chancellery where Hitler was dugout in the bunker.  The Soviets used the symbol of "The Peoples House", the Reichstag, to plant the [[Soviet]] victory flag.  The building was further damaged in heavy fighting.  During the 40 years of the [[East German]] regime, the communists, like the Nazis, never bothered to rebuild the symbol pf German parliamentary democracy, either.  

The building remained in shambles until reunification after the [[Fall of the Wall]] in 1976.  It was finally restored in the 1990s by the British architect Sir [[Norman Foster]], more than 60 years after it was first damaged, abandoned, and under [[totalitarian]] socialism. In 1999 it became the seat of the Bundestag.

The building remained in shambles until reunification after the [[Fall of the Wall]] in 1976.  It was finally restored in the 1990s by the British architect Sir [[Norman Foster]], more than 60 years after it was first damaged and abandoned under two different [[totalitarian]] socialist regimes. In 1999 it became the seat of the Bundestag.

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