gateway to freedom

When Airport Tempelhof is often referred to as “Berlin’s Gateway to the World”, it primarily means the airlift that linked West Berlin with the western zo...
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When Airport Tempelhof is often referred to as “Berlin’s Gateway to the World”, it primarily means the airlift that linked West Berlin with the western zones and the rest of the world. It has especially characterised the history of the trapped West Berlin as an identity-creating event.

The airport that was no longer a hub since 1945 was considered the “Gateway to the World” from the period of the airlift up to the first closure in 1975 in its double capacity: as the only unhindered transport link with the outside world and as a stage for the international prominence from films, fashion and politics penetrating West Berli
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