Wilhelmstrassen.
/ˈvɪlhɛlmˌʃtrɑːsə/ The name of a street in Berlin, the site of the German foreign office until 1945; hence used for the pre-war German foreign office and its policies.
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1914 in Conc. Oxf. Dict. Addenda.
1919 F. Hamilton Vanished Pomps i. 28 The Ambassador took the hint, and that was the last note in Russian that reached the Wilhelmstrasse.
1923 G. Buchanan My Mission to Russia I. iv. 45 The reception, however, accorded to this tentative proposal by the Wilhelmstrasse was not encouraging.
1938 H. Nicolson Diary 21 Sept. (1966) I. 363 What remains of Czechoslovakia..must subordinate her foreign policy to that of the Wilhelmstrasse.
1956 S. Bedford Legacy iii. iv. 143 I can't think what they made of him at the Wilhelmstrasse.
1979 G. St. Aubyn Edward VII vii. 316 Chamberlain was resolved to seek partnership with France..should discussions with the Wilhelmstrasse break down.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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