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The myth that Hitler wanted Senate House as a Nazi headquarters
One of the more curious stories that regularly crops up about the University of London’s Senate House is that it was saved from being bombed by Hitler who wanted to use it as a new headquarters for his Nazi government in the UK.
How true is it?
The striking Art Deco building was constructed between 1932 and 1937 as the first phase of a large uncompleted scheme designed for the university by Charles Holden.
It consists of 19 floors and is 210 feet (64 m) high, and even today it is still a landmark for the area.
If it looks vaguely familiar, Charles Holden had recently completed the London Underground headquarters building at 55 Broadway, and there are clear similarities between the two.
As with the London Underground headquarters, Senate House was not warmly received when it was completed, with many commentators at the time complaining about how the expanding UCL was swallowing up the older brick buildings a