Volkshaus, Bremen, Former trade union building and administrative office in Walle, Bremen, Germany

The Volkshaus is a former trade union house built in 1928 at the corner of Hans-Böckler-Straße and Auf dem Kamp in Walle. The brick building, designed by architect Richard Jansen, held over 400 rooms, among them union offices, a library, the workers' chamber, a workers' bank and a youth home, plus commercial space for a hotel, restaurant, bowling alley and funeral institute. Six recast sculptures by Bernhard Hoetger stand on the facade; the building now houses the Amt für Soziale Dienste.

The building was constructed in 1928 as a trade union house and was seized by the Nazi regime in 1933. It sustained damage during World War II and was later rebuilt.

The building's name, Volkshaus, means "people's house", reflecting its origin as a union-run centre with a library, workers' chamber and youth home. The brick facade carries six recast sculptures from Bernhard Hoetger's cycle "Life under the Stigma of Work", depicting oppressed workers. Today the building houses the Sozialzentrum 2 social services office for Walle and Gröpelingen.

The building at the corner of Hans-Böckler-Straße and Auf dem Kamp is now an administrative office of the Amt für Soziale Dienste and houses the Sozialzentrum 2 for Walle and Gröpelingen. Visitors come for social services rather than events, so check the office's opening hours before going. The Hoetger sculptures on the brick facade can be viewed from the street.

The eight Hoetger figures on the brick facade were removed by a Bremen Senate decision of 29 March 1933 and melted down "in the interest of public safety and order". Six of them returned in 1979 as recasts by sculptor Manfred Lohrengel, so the workers visible today are copies, not the originals.