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The Undergroundlevel
This picture is made from a courtyard of the Flughafen Tempelhof. When we walk out if the building towards this place it seemed quite normal. But what was special about this place, was that the fourth floor of the building, was actually the first floor seen from the outside of the airport. This was because this courtyard was close to the hidden bunkers inside the airport that were just during the second World War. This courtyard was used for the supplying of the bunkers, in case the people had to stay there for a long time. To make this possible, there was a whole railway system underneath the airport get this transport to the bunkers.
The "Flughafen Tempelhof" was constructed around 1927, but due to the financial problem it wasn't finished. After the elections of 1932 Hitler made the airport his own project. This airport would become the biggest one in the world and should show the world the power of the "Drittes Reich". On the roof of the airport, Hitler planned to build a huge stadium. This was planned for some flightshows to show the people the advanced technology and the power of the Reich. However this plan didn't finished as well. But what was finished was the extended roof among which the airplans were able to fit. Hitler made this plan to make sure that the passengers were able to get in the airport under the best conditions. The roof is a metal construction of forty meters, among which the airplanes of that time could easily fit.
During the war the airport stayed in good conditions. A reason for this was because the Americans knew already that if Berlin would be divided among the allies, that the airport would be in their district of Berlin. After the war they split the airport. On one side the airport was used for commercial flights, on the other side the Americans builded a military base.
The Undergroundlevel
This picture is made from a courtyard of the Flughafen Tempelhof. When we walk out if the building towards this place it seemed quite normal. But what was special about this place, was that the fourth floor of the building, was actually the first floor seen from the outside of the airport. This was because this courtyard was close to the hidden bunkers inside the airport that were just during the second World War. This courtyard was used for the supplying of the bunkers, in case the people had to stay there for a long time. To make this possible, there was a whole railway system underneath the airport get this transport to the bunkers.
The "Flughafen Tempelhof" was constructed around 1927, but due to the financial problem it wasn't finished. After the elections of 1932 Hitler made the airport his own project. This airport would become the biggest one in the world and should show the world the power of the "Drittes Reich". On the roof of the airport, Hitler planned to build a huge stadium. This was planned for some flightshows to show the people the advanced technology and the power of the Reich. However this plan didn't finished as well. But what was finished was the extended roof among which the airplans were able to fit. Hitler made this plan to make sure that the passengers were able to get in the airport under the best conditions. The roof is a metal construction of forty meters, among which the airplanes of that time could easily fit.
During the war the airport stayed in good conditions. A reason for this was because the Americans knew already that if Berlin would be divided among the allies, that the airport would be in their district of Berlin. After the war they split the airport. On one side the airport was used for commercial flights, on the other side the Americans builded a military base.