Destroyed during World War II

The Adlon was ravaged by World War II, and in 1945 the Russians erected a billboard outside the hotel to pay tribute to Joseph Stalin.
The Adlon was ravaged by World War II, and in 1945 the Russians erected a billboard outside the hotel to pay tribute to Joseph Stalin.
The hotel as it appears today, opposite the Brandenburg Gate.
The King of Pop showed off his 9-month-old son Prince Michael II. Ironically, Jackson was in Germany to accept an award for his philanthropic work with children.
Barack Obama, then a senator and Democratic candidate for president, met Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit at the Adlon in 2008. Earlier that day, Obama spoke to a cheering crowd of 200,000 in the city.
The Nazis used the Adlon to host events like this Third Reich Reception of the Foreign Policy Office in 1938.