Exhibition App "A wide field. Tempelhof Airport and its history "

This is the official app for the special exhibition "A wide field. The Tempelhof Airport and its history "the Topography of Terror Foundation in the main building of the former airport. The exhibition is open from 5 September 2018. The app offers you the exhibition texts in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish. It also contains background information on the exhibition and further information on the history of the Tempelhof field.

The exhibition tells of the changeable history of the Tempelhof airport area: at the end of the 19th century field of experimentation for aircraft, since the mid-1920s the location of one of the most important European airports, during the time of National Socialism the scene of propaganda campaigns, large construction site, finally production facility of the armaments industry and Place of forced labor; During the Cold War, the airport was a gateway to the free world for West Berlin. The exhibition focuses on the Nazi era, but also describes the history of the airport area from the end of the 19th century to the present day.

The exhibition was developed as part of the European Cultural Heritage Year 2018, which in Germany has the motto "SHARING HERITAGE".