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Hotel Adlon is a hotel in the heart of Berlin . The hotel was built in the early part of the Twentieth Century and was one of the most impressive hotels in Europe . During World War 2 the building became a hospital for German soldiers. Luckily, the hotel managed to survive the war without any extreme damage. At this point, the only major noticeable scars from the war were the walled up windows on the first floor. On the night of May 2 , 1945 a fire demolished parts of the building. Nevertheless, the former East Germany reopened the surviving lateral wing as a hotel. Despite the socialist climate, a guest at the hotel could still find page-boys and bellhops, dressed in the original uniforms of the hotel. In 1964 , the building was renovated and the Facade was redone. However, a decision of the 1970s closed the doors of the original Hotel Adlon forever. The most luxurious hotel of the Golden Twenties was to become a lodging house for apprentices. In 1984 even the building itself disappeared, torn down to make way for new construction. With the reunification of Germany, the world was finally able to witness the rebirth of the Hotel Adlon. On August 23 , 1997 the president of the Federal Republic of Germany opened the new Hotel Adlon, rebuilt on the same location as the original hotel, directly opposite the Brandenburg Gate . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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