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Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport Tells

Germany’s Story
Born just ahead of the horrors of the Nazi regime, the airport now offers a safe haven to refugees
and everyday Germans.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023, 6:00 AM

By Stefanie Glinski

Volunteers from the German NGO Tentaja sift through donations destined for Ukrainian refugees in a hangar of the former Tempelhof Airport in Berlin on March 12, 2022. JOHN
MACDOUGALL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

BERLIN—There are few places that tell Berlin’s—and modern Germany’s—story better
than Tempelhof Airport.

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