{"id":20172,"date":"2022-03-15T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=20172"},"modified":"2022-03-04T12:30:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T10:30:06","slug":"tempelhof-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/germany\/berlin\/tempelhof-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Tempelhof Airport – Part 2 of the sightseeing tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Tempelhof Airport is one of the monumental buildings of National Socialism. In the first part of the report on our sightseeing tour, I report on the development and our discoveries at the airport up to 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
This report deals with the time after 1945. We have already taken part in several tours in and around the airport building. The impressions are so varied. Every guide tells details that you haven’t heard before. So it will probably not be our last visit to Tempelhof Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In July 1945, Tempelhof Airport was taken over by the US Americans. Unfortunately, they destroyed the building’s construction plans. Today, they would certainly have answered many questions.
For example, there is a myth that there are numerous secret underground floors, underground escape routes from the Reichstag to the airport and under the airfield, or hidden treasures of the Nazis. None of this has been proven so far. Despite an intensive search!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The airfield became a military base and was named Tempelhof Air Base. At first, hangars 1 and 2 were repaired and a paved runway was built.
Over the course of time, the Americans built some unusual things into the airport. For example, a basketball hall was built where training and games of the Berlin Braves took place. Civilian spectators could only watch with a special invitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n