The former premises of the School of Industrial Arts and Crafts at Prinz-Albrect-Strasse 11, Berlin, in 1933, at which time it had served also as a sort of arts and crafts enterprise centre and a civil service office.  Not a particular occasion for the abandonment of Hope.  However, it was soon to become Headquarters of the Gestapo ... a different matter, altogether ... Best regards, JR.

Abandon Hope all ye who enter here ...

Triumphal torchlight parade to celebrate Hitler's elevation to the Chancellorship of Germany, 30 January, 1933.  Delayed exposure 'photo taken from the upper stories of the Adlon Hotel, Berlin.  Best regards, JR.

30 Januar

Interior of a grand gallery, Gestapo HQ at Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse 11, Berlin, late-1930s.  The place has the slightly dowdy, paint-peely appearance of other education-to-bureaucracy conversions I have seen over the years ... Best regards, JR.