It was noted by this writer, a former student of drafting & design, that many Federal offices in D.C., particularly those created during the decades of the 1940s through the early 1960s, seemingly employ a style of design not far removed from the ideals found in buildings constructed by the Nazi Regime during the late 1930's in Germany. Perhaps most interesting was that the Holocaust Museum on Fourteenth Street near the Potomac River was shockingly German looking; very austere, but perhaps unintentionally.  This confusing application of Nazi principals of architecture is admittedly debatable, but when one considers the hundreds of German scientists and specialists imported into America at the close of World War II, it is very possible that the influx of German intelleigensia into our Capitol influenced the shaping the appearances of our own federal government.  I don't suggest that this possibility is bad in itself, but without a doubt, it is very unexpected in any American city.  And honestly, quite easily overlooked and dismissed under normal daylight hours.  The usual commotion of traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian, tends to diminish the maximum impact attainable through grand - scale architectural concepts. Walking along the streets in an eerie isolation, however, one can quickly be overcome with a sense of awe and respect for the surroundings; apparently, the designers of the late 1940s were right on the mark with their accomplishments.