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.
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The Present-Day Hotel
The hotel as it appears today, opposite the Brandenburg Gate.
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Michael Jackson at the Adlon
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.
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Barack Obama Visits the Adlon
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.
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A Former Nazi Gathering Place
The Nazis used the Adlon to host events like this Third Reich Reception of the Foreign Policy Office in 1938.