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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 after the [[Fall of the Wall]] in 1986.  A unified German parliament voted to restore the building in the 1990s.  The British architect Sir [[Norman Foster]] was commissioned for the restoration.  In 1999, more than 60 years after it was first damaged and abandoned under two different [[totalitarian]] socialist regimes, it became the seat once again of German democracy.

The building remained in shambles until after the [[Fall of the Wall]] in 1986.  A unified German parliament voted to restore the building in the 1990s.  The British architect Sir [[Norman Foster]] was commissioned for the restoration.  In 1999, more than 60 years after it was first damaged and abandoned under two different [[totalitarian]] socialist regimes, it became the seat of German democracy.

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