Wilhelmstrasse

Wilhelmstrasse [vil-helm-shtrah-suh] Examples noun

1. a street in Berlin, Germany: location of the German foreign office and other government buildings until 1945.
2. (formerly) the foreign office and policies of the German government.

Examples from the Web for wilhelmstrasse Historical Examples of wilhelmstrasse

Petersburg was then in the throes of a general strike—which the Wilhelmstrasse had engineered.

The Paliser case

Edgar Saltus

The last time I was there, I looked down the Wilhelmstrasse and it got up and threatened me.

The Paliser case

Edgar Saltus

But no more than the troupe of white-collared comedians in Wilhelmstrasse or Washington.

Erik Dorn

Ben Hecht

“Merely that the Wilhelmstrasse is skillful, Herr Windt,” he replied.

The Secret Witness

George Gibbs

He has already written to the Wilhelmstrasse in your behalf.

The Secret Witness

George Gibbs

British Dictionary definitions for wilhelmstrasse Wilhelmstrasse noun

1. a street in the centre of Berlin, where the German foreign office and other government buildings were situated until 1945
2. Germany’s ministry of foreign affairs until 1945