Wilhelmstrasse
Americannoun
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a street in Berlin, Germany: location of the German foreign office and other government buildings until 1945.
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(formerly) the foreign office and policies of the German government.
noun
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a street in the centre of Berlin, where the German foreign office and other government buildings were situated until 1945
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Germany's ministry of foreign affairs until 1945
Example Sentences
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I know what you are thinking, Chancellor Adolf Hitler said, advancing, with a fresh smile on his face, across his huge office in the Wilhelmstrasse.
From Time Magazine Archive
Along the Wilhelmstrasse, knowing officials bet 20 bottles of champagne to one there would be no war.*
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly the Wilhelmstrasse had an extraordinary case of jitters.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the evening of Jan. 30, 1933, the boots of the brown-clad Storm Troops beat like thudding drums along the Wilhelmstrasse beneath a flaming canopy of torches.
From Time Magazine Archive
The marchers streamed through the massive stone Brandenburg Gate and turned down Wilhelmstrasse.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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