KING TOUR
Dicover the city of Berlin and the marks of Dr. King, Jr.
Here
you
will
find
a
small
part
of
our
research
and
the
results
of
our
work.
Unfortunately,
we
can
not
provide
you
with
all
data
for
copyright
reasons.
We
will
be
happy
to
show
you
historical documents and exhibits in the guided tours of the exhibition and the city tours.
The
QR
code
records
the
locations
where
an
active
King
code
already
exists.
There
you
can download further information by scanning.
Audioguide
Tempelhof Airport
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr.
arrived
at
Tempelhof
Airport
in
the
early
afternoon
of
Saturday
12
th
September
1964.
Besides
King
his
friend
and
employee
Rev.
Ralph
Abernathy
was
part
of
the
American
Delegation.
The
American
guests
were
welcomed
cordially
on
the
airfield
just
by
the
plane
by
the
Major
Superintendent
of
West
Berlin,
Hans
Martin
Helbich,
and
the Berlin Senator for Culture Werner Stein.
In
the
morning
of
14
th
September
1964
King
and
Abernathy
left
already
Berlin
and
flew
from Tempelhof to Munich.
Tempelhof
Airport
is
Berlin’s
second-oldest
airport.
During
the
blockade
of
Berlin
1948/49
it
was
essential
for
the
transport
of
medicine
and
food
for
the
citizens
of
West
Berlin
and
became
a
symbol
of
freedom.
By
1971
5,5
million
passengers
used
the
airport
anually.
In
1975
Tegel
Airport
was
opened
so
air
traffic
from
Tempelhof
was
discontinued
temporarily.
In
1985
small
airlines
and
and
business
travellers
flew
from
the
airport
again.
The
impressive
building
from
the
time
of
National-Socialism,
whose
inner
construction
was
never
really
finished,
was
declared
a
national
heritage
site
in
1995
and
is
thus
protected from demolition.
In
October
2008
all
traffic
from
Tempelhof
Airport
ceased.
Currently
there
are
many
ideas
and
plans
for
the
usage
of
the
building
and
the
airfield.
Today
the
“Tempelhofer
Feld”
is
a
kind
of
public
park,
a
place
where
events
take
place
or
where
the
Berlin
citizens
or
international guests can relax and enjoy their stay.
Guesthouse of the Senate
As
a
guest
of
the
mayor
of
Berlin
Willy
Brandt
King
stayed
for
two
nights
in
the
guesthose
of
the
senate,
Menzelstraße.
In
the
evening
of
12th
September
1964
he
held
a
press
conference there.
The
stately
villa
in
Grunewald
was
built
in
1923.
In
1927
the
merchant
Israel
Kurt
Kranz
bought
the
impressive
building
and
lived
there
until
1933.
Kranz
had
to
put
the
villa
up
for
compulsory
sale
because
the
Nazis
forced
him
to
do
so
because
of
his
Jewish
faith.
The
OHG
A.E.
Wassermann
and
the
merchant
Walter
Pikuritz
(in
Berlin
known
as
the
„sugar
king“
too)
bought
the
house
in
1938.
After
the
World
War
ll
the
building
was
severely
damaged.
Therefore,
in
1950,
a
complete
rebuilding
process
started.
In
1964
Berlin
bought
the
house
and
used
it
until
2003
as
a
place
to
stay
for
guests
of
the
Senate.
In
October
2003
the
building
was
sold
to
the
Korean
Republic
which
has
used
the
building
as an embassy since 2006.
City Hall Schöneberg
The
official
reception
of
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr.
happened
in
the
Rathaus
Schöneberg,
on
the
13
th
September
1964.
The
current
mayor,
Willy
Brandt,
presents
the
liberty
bell
to
King
as
a
gift.
After
some
words
of
gratitude
Marin
Luther
King,
Jr.
signs
the
Golden
Book
of the city of Berlin.
Afterwards
Willy
Brandt
and
Martin
Luther
King
Jr.
drive
to
the
opening
of
the
14th
Berlin
Festival in the Philharmonie at the Potsdamer Platz.
The
Rathaus
Schöneberg
was
built
between
1911
and
1914.
All
the
representative
rooms
are
aligned
to
John
F.
Kennedy
Square,
while
the
administrative
offices
are
located
in
the
rear
building
sections.
Until
December
1990,
Rathaus
Schöneberg
was
not
only
the
seat
of
the
Berlin
House
of
representatives
but
also
the
seat
of
the
governing
mayor.
Therefore,
all
government
receipts,
such
as
the
speech
of
John
F.
Kennedy.
It
was
made
famous
not
only
by
the
speech
of
the
American
president
and
his
words
“Ich
bin
ein
Berliner”,
but
also
by
the
liberty
bell,
which
hangs
in
the
tower
since
1950.
It
is
the
largest
profane
bell
in
the
city.
It
was
modelled
after
the
American
Independence
bell
and
financed
from
donations.
Officially,
the
donations
came
from
private
individuals,
but
in
fact the funding was supported by the US government and the CIA.
arrival Tempelhof Airport/ Helbich, Grüber, King, Abernathy,
Stein/ pic: private Helbich
Guesthouse 1975 / pic: Landesarchiv Berlin
reception by the korean ambassador 2013 / king-code
students of the king-code made drawings in 2013
pic: king-code
City Hall Schöneberg, Mayor Brandt prensets the liberty bell
to King / pic: Landesarchiv Berlin
City Hall Schöneberg, City’s Golden Book with the sign of Dr.
King, Jr. / pic: king-code
copyright by GJW-BB/ King-Code Projekt 2015