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One of Berlin’s most important publishing houses was based in this Art Nouveau corner house in the former newspaper district.
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Tempelhof, built in 1939 by Ernst Sagebiel and then Germany’s biggest airport, survives as the largest Fascist structure in Europe. In front of it, a monument, nicknamed “the starving claw”, recalls the airport’s role during the Berlin Airlift in 1948–9.
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Numerous celebrities lie buried in the four cemeteries, including the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Also the writer E T A Hoffmann, whose work inspired Offenbach to write The Tales of Hoffmann .
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In 1947–90, the magnificent supreme court, built in 1909–13, was used as Allied Control Council.
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Kreuzberg in the raw: social misery tucked away in between new buildings in the Turkish heart of the district.
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The former pumping station is open for visits; the sculptures in the garden once decorated the Siegesallee (alley of triumph).
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This square is dominated by the Gothic-style artists’ house Bethanien. A former hospital, it is today used as studio space by experimental artists.
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Once Kreuzberg’s prettiest square, Mehringplatz was destroyed in World War II and is today surrounded by modern residential buildings.
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Pedestrians and cyclists can cross to the other side of the Spree River from Kreuzberg to Friedrichshain on this red-brick bridge, one of Berlin’s loveliest, which was erected in 1894–6.
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It was from this Town Hall, on 26 June 1963, that the US President John F Kennedy made his famous speech, declaring “I am a Berliner” and expressing his commitment to the freedom of West Berlin.
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