The Ullsteinhaus and the Tempelhofer Hafen/Harbour (Tempelhof)

The port facility was built from the years 1901 to 1908 with warehouse and cranes, contributed to the economic boom of Tempelhof and was with his huge storehouse of important freight hub for the industrial area of Tempelhof-East.

During the Second World War served as a warehouse for storage of larger quantities of food as well during the Berlin blockade the port served as a distribution station for goods of airlift. After the end of the blockade supplies were still stored here in order to be prepared against a renewed constriction of roads.

The Ullsteinhaus in an architectural monument of brick expressionism and was built in the 1920s by Eugen Schmohl and it was based publisher and the publisher's site for printing.

During the period of National Socialism , the Ullsteinhaus was renamed Deutsches Haus because the Ullstein family name was Jewish.

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