Social Legacy
The Old and New Reich Chancellery served as a gathering place for militarists, scientists, artists, industrialists, economists, nobility, socialites, athletes, and politicos from throughout world during the 1930s and 40s, and hosted elaborate parties. Guests included Erna Sack, Galeazzo Ciano, Lord Londonderry, Herbert Hoover, Yosuke Matsuoka, Philipp of Hesse, the La Scala Ballet, Nevile Henderson, Haj Amin Husseini, Unity Mitford, Vyacheslav Molotov, Thomas Beecham, Emil Hácha, Thomas J. Watson, Arthur Balfour, F.H. Fentener, Leni Riefenstahl, Sven Hedin, Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein, Max Schmeling, John Simon, Maksim Purkayev, Pál Teleki, Vladimir Dekanozov, Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Sumner Welles, Károly Csáky, Paul of Yugoslavia, Olga of Greece and Denmark, and Anthony Eden.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were hosted at the Hotel Kaiserhof overlooking the Chancellery in 1937.
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