Built 1912-1913 as "Georgspalast" retail and office building by Wilhelm Mackensen and Fritz Torno. "Café-Restaurant Georgspalast" used for concerts and as a dance café. Demolished by bombs on 9 Oct 1943. Subsequently renovated and re-opened 1947 as "GOP Varieté-Theater". 1948 installation of the "Gondel-Bar". Closed 1962. Subsequently used as restaurants or discotheque with various names. Re-opened Dec 1992 as a variety theatre. 320 seats.

Links: www.variete.de, Wikipedia