Theodor-Heuss-Platz

Theodor-Heuss-Platz (German pronunciation: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈhɔʏsˌplats] ⓘ; colloquially called Theo by locals, pronounced [ˈteːo] ⓘ) is a large city square in the Westend district of Berlin, Germany.

Juni with the Berlin Victory Column and Brandenburg Gate in a direct line to Pariser Platz, Unter den Linden and the site of the City Palace in Berlin-Mitte.

According to the Welthauptstadt Germania plans by Hitler and his architect Albert Speer, it was to have an important role at the western end of the monumental east–west axis, including a vast heroes' memorial.

[citation needed] In 1970, on the eastern edge of the square located 18-story high TV centre of the former Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) broadcaster was finished.

[citation needed] In 1955 an eternal flame monument was erected by compatriot groups organised in the Federation of Expellees to commemorate the Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–50) during and after World War II.

[citation needed] The novel In the Presence of Mine Enemies by Harry Turtledove has several crucial scenes set in Adolf Hitler Platz, in an alternate history where the Third Reich rules much of the world at the dawn of the 21st century.