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The Site Of The Berlin Airlift Now Serves As Refugee Shelter And Big Open Park

by Martin Kaste

Thousands of Berliners come to Tempelhof on warm summer evenings, but there's always room for more.
Thousands of Berliners come to Tempelhof on warm summer evenings, but there's always room for more. Martin Kaste / NPR

Berlin's Tempelhof Field used to be a massive airport. It's famous as the site of the Berlin airlift — the effort in 1948-49 to keep West Berlin fed and supplied during a Soviet blockade. But the airport closed in 2008.

Now, 10 years later, Tempelhof Field is a huge park, and a home for refugees.

Here are some scenes, and sounds, from a recent visit.

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