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to the Berlin Prinz-Albrecht-Palais. In 1935 also the neighbouring buildings at 101 Wilhelmstrasse and 103/104 Wilhelmstrasse were taken over and integrated into the large complex, which in 1939 became the main administrative seat of the
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in 1720 and befriended with the king. The three-storey building had a courtyard open to the street, two economic wings on the left and right of the entrance, as well as extended gardens in the rear, stretching up to the
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The building was erected in 1737–39 in the course of the city development of the boggy grounds in southern Friedrichstadt at the behest of King
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open to the public. However, the prince's marriage turned out to be an unhappy one, the couple divorced in 1849 and Albert entered into a
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Baron François Mathieu Vernezobre de Laurieux (1690–1748). The well-off baron and his family had left Paris after the collapse of
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Vernezobre's heirs had to sell the premises in 1760, and in 1772 they were acquired by the royal
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and temporarily used as a depository, the building decayed and fell into disrepair afterwards.
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in 1843. The building remained in private hands of the Hohenzollern dynasty even after the
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exhibition, which focuses on the human rights abuses of the Nazi police state.
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was built in the rear gardens. From 1928 to 1931, the Palais was rented by the
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After Prince Albert's death in 1872, the building was inherited by his son
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after the war, the realty was incorporated into the American sector of
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government and used as a state guesthouse, hosting such guests as King
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in the west. When the King ordered Vernezobre to marry his daughter to
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secret police moved into a neighbouring building around the corner on
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as a summer residence of King Frederick William's daughter Princess
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Buildings and structures in Berlin destroyed during World War II
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The Palais and the adjacent buildings were destroyed during the
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in 1933. In May, the headquarters of the newly established
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The last chapter in the Palais' history began after the
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Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
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