Frankfurt am Main, now known as the Poelzig Building at Goethe University. In March 1945 the building was occupied by American Allied forces under Eisenhower, became his headquarters, and remained in American hands until 1995. Some of his designs that were never built included one for the Palace of the Soviets and one for the League of Nations headquarters at Geneva. In 1933 Poelzig served as the interim director of the United State School for Fine and Applied Art (), after the expulsion of founding director Bruno Paul by the National Socialists. In 1935 Poelzig received first prize for a theater and concert hall in Istanbul, Turkey, where he was also planning to teach. On November 30 that year, age 65, he retired from the Director of the Architecture Department of the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin. While preparing to move to Turkey, on 14 June 1936, Hans Poelzig died of a stroke. He was buried in the In 1937 his wife had to close her studio under pressure from the National Socialists. Legacy On 18 November 2015, Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin inaugurated a memorial at Friedrichstraße 107 dedicated to the theatre's founders, Max Reinhardt, Hans Poelzig and Erik Charell. Work Buildings 1901 Church spire, Wrocław 1904 A Family house with garden pavilion for the arts and crafts exhibition 1908 Dwelling houses, corner of Menzelstraße and Wölflstraße in Breslau, (now Sztabowa/Pocztowa, Wrocław) 1908 Dwelling house, Hohenzollernstraße, Breslau (no longer standing) 1907 – 1909: mixed commercial offices and retail, Hohenzollernstraße, Wrocław (no longer standing) 1911 Sulphuric acid factory in Luboń 1911 Grain silo and Roofed Marketplace in Luboń 1911 Exhibition Hall and Tower in Poznań for an industrial fair (destroyed) 1912 Department store in Junkernstrasse, Wroclaw (now ul. Ofiar Oświęcimskich) 1913 Four Domes Pavilion, Wroclaw (now part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Centennial Hall") 1919 Grosses Schauspielhaus, in Berlin 1920 Festival Theater for Salzburg 1924 Office building, Hanover 1927 Deli cinema, Wrocław (now demolished) 1929 Haus des Rundfunks (Radio Station), Charlottenburg, Berlin 1929 Kino Babylon, Mitte, Berlin 1931 I.G. Farben Building in Frankfurt Projects Palace of the Soviets League of Nations 1920 – Film sets for The Golem: How He Came into the World 1921 – Friedrichstraße Station Skyscraper competition in Berlin 1925 – Capitol, cinema, Berlin 1926 – German Forum for Sport, Berlin Citations References Berkovich, Gary. Reclaiming a History. Jewish Architects in Imperial Russia and the USSR. Volume 2. Soviet