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Since then, the Tempelhof airfield has been an open space in the middle of Berlin where you can jog, skate, have a barbecue or just relax. Address. Platz der Luftbrücke10963 Berlin. The Luftbrückendenkmal (Airlift Memorial) at the former Tempelhof Airport in Berlin commemorates the 322-day-long Berlin airlift.
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In front of the airport entrance is the Berlin Airlift Monument (Luftbrückendenkmal; properly the Denkmal für die Opfer der Luftbrücke, 'Monument for the Victims of the Airlift') erected in 1951; it was the first major monument in West Berlin after the war.
Dec 22, 2016 · As a solution, the Allies came up with the idea of the Luftbrücke, the Berlin Airlift. In record time, just 90 days, the French Forces built the Berlin Tempelhof airport, which became the landing ...
Jun 24, 2016 · 24 June, 2016 in Sights & Attractions 3. Looming over a small park on the Platz der Luftbrücke in Tempelhof, the Berlin Airlift Memorial (Luftbrückendenkmal) is dedicated to those who gave their lives to save the people of West Berlin during the Berlin Blockade.
Sep 14, 2008 · Located at Berlin's Tempelhof airport, the airlift memorial has been nicknamed the "Hunger Rake" by Berliners. The three prongs at the top represent the three air corridors the pilots flew.
Sep 22, 2017 · Description. Thirty-nine trees in memory of the 39 British and Commonwealth men killed during the Berlin Airlift and a smaller copy of the memorial at Berlin Tempelhof Airport comprising a curved stone monument surmounted by metal eagle, wings outstretched. column extends upwards at centre and at each side. eagle is mounted in centre.
On June 28, 1948 the first American and British aircraft landed at Tempelhof and Gatow airfields with goods for the people of Berlin. Many other flights followed, but nobody could predict how long the blockade would last. For that reason, the Western powers initially planned to supply the city into the winter.
