Due to the variety of sites to see on this street, there is a lot of historical information that is available to help paint a picture of life in the mid 20th century and how the street came to be. Originally named for Prince Albrecht of Prussia, the descendent of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. King Wilhelm had owned a large house at the corner of this street and Wilhelmstraße which was called Prinz-Albrecht-Palais. The street was laid out and organized in 1891 and in 1905 additional buildings were added on to extend the building that was the Museum of Decorative Arts. Throughout the 30's and until the street was bombed in 1945, it was home to multiple offices directly related to the Nazi party or Nazi agenda including the headquarters for the Concentration Camps Inspectorate and the Gestapo. This is a good second stop on the walking tour as it allows for the person(s) to gain a more expansive context of the time period that the Bauhaus movement was gaining momentum in. However, there is the potential for a controversial nature of this Point of Interest as there are Nazi related buildings at this stop. In general, the goal of this tour is to display how the Bauhaus movement inspired many varied architectural designs as well as giving historical context in direct relation to German history and WWII.
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