Money shortages in America, due to the Depression, plus soured relations with the Nazi regime (after 1933) further delayed the refurbishing of the damaged building. There was a fire in the Blücher Palace on Apbefore it could be fully utilized and converted for embassy use. In 1930 the Blücher Palace, located on Pariser Platz, was purchased as a new and permanent home for the U.S. The last temporary embassy location was on Bendlerstraße 39 (now Stauffenbergstraße), close to the Tiergarten. in Berlin changed as frequently as a new ambassador changed his residence, the two being the same. In these early years the embassy (or legation) of the U.S. There was also a break in relations with Germany during World War I. After the late 19th century the term embassy would be used to describe the American mission to the new unified German empire. There were breaks in these formative years of German-American diplomatic relations where there was no official American diplomatic presence in Berlin. At the time these missions in Berlin, Prussia were called legations, and there were other American legations in other parts of what would later become a unified German state.
Embassy in Berlin probably began with the 1797 appointment of John Quincy Adams to the then capital of Prussia, Berlin.
Brandenburg Gate (left) next to the Blücher Palace (far right)
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