Meaning of Wilhelmstrasse | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A thoroughfare in central Berlin, formerly the location of the German Chancellery and Foreign Office.
2. The German government or Foreign Office.
   historical, metonymically

Examples

“The immediate effect, however, was that all the ingenious calculations of the Wilhelmstrasse came clattering to the ground like a house of cards.”

“As von Neurath once told an Austrian diplomat: “It was the view of the Wilhelmstrasse that as soon as the Reich held Austria, Hungary would eat out of its hand.””

“The Wilhelmstrasse was faced with a serious dilemma over the Greek question, for no easy solution could be found that would satisfy both Athens and Germany’s allies.”

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