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Article: Envoys stake claim on prime sites of Germany's old capital
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 6, 1994
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FOR the moment, it is just a stretch of grass, just round the
corner from the Brandenburg Gate. Only a small plaque marks the
spot. Already, however, grand plans are under way. In a few years'
time, this will again be the site of the British embassy to
Germany, as it was until the Second World War.
Wilhelmstrasse, the site of the embassy, was the heart of the
government quarter in pre-war Berlin. The British embassy was close
to Hitler's offices, opposite Goebbels' propaganda ministry, and
just up the road from the Gestapo headquarters. Now, after an
interruption of 60 years, the diplomats are getting ready to move
back in.
The move has been somewhat delayed, by force mineure. The German ...