The "Hunger Fork", commemorating the Berlin Airlift ("Lufbrücke"), which brought vital provisions into the city during the Communist blockade.

Inscription at the base of the Hunger Fork: "They gave their lives for Berlin's freedom in the service of the Airlift 1948/49".

The three prongs of the Hunger Fork and a very blue sky. The prongs represent the three air routes by which supplies were flown into the city.

Front Façade of Tempelhof, shwoing the Neo-Classical Nazi-era architecture.

Closer view of the airport façade, as designed by Ernst Sagebiel at Hitler's behest.

Doorways into the ticket hall and departure area.

Memorial to General Lucius Clay, who ordered the Airlift, thus preventing the stavation of West Berlin's inhabitants.

Inside Tempelhof, unlike ay other airport I have visited.

One of several aircraft engines on display.

Grafitti on a display board discussing the city council's plans for the airport site: "Leave the airport where it is, you idiots!"

Rolls Royce BR710 engine.

Glider suspended above the airport's main hall.