Deutschlandhalle is an arena

Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...

 in the Westend

Westend (Berlin)

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 neighbourhood of Berlin

Berlin

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, Germany

Germany

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. It was inaugurated on 29 November 1935 by Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

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. The building has been granted landmark status in 1995.

Built primarily for the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

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, the Deutschlandhalle holds 8,764 people. The Olympic boxing

Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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, weightlifting

Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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 and wrestling

Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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 competitions took place here. On 19 February 1938 test pilot Hanna Reitsch

Hanna Reitsch

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 demonstrated the first indoor flight in the arena with a Focke-Wulf Fw 61

Focke-Wulf Fw 61

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 helicopter.

Heavily damaged by air raids

Strategic bombing during World War II

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 in 1943, the Deutschlandhalle was rebuilt after World War II

World War II

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 and since 1957 has served as a multi purpose arena and sports venue, in the last years primarily for ice hockey

Ice hockey

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, but also for indoor soccer

Indoor soccer

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 and again for boxing

Boxing

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.

The arena hosted the 1980 basketball

Basketball

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 euroleague

Euroleague

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 final between Maccabi Tel Aviv

Maccabi Tel Aviv (basketball)

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 and Real Madrid

Real Madrid Baloncesto

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 (Madrid won 89-85), the 1995

1995 in basketball

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 basketball Korać Cup

Korac Cup

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 final in which local ALBA Berlin

ALBA Berlin

-Depth Chart:* Denotes injured player.-Championships:*German Championships: 8 *German Cups: 6 *Korać Cups: 1 -Notable players:- Season by season :-External links:...

 won the trophy and the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships

1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships

thumb|German stamp from 1995The Men's 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany from May 4 to May 15. The eighth edition of this competition, held a year before the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, was organised by the world governing body for...

.

The building has also been used for musical events: Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

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 performed here in 1960; the concert was recorded as Ella in Berlin

Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife

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. On 4 September 1970, it was the site of Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

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's second-to-last performance.

The 1981 film Christiane F. shows a performance by David Bowie

David Bowie

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 in the Deutschlandhalle.

After the 1990 German reunification

German reunification

German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...

, the Deutschlandhalle lost its position as Berlin's primary arena, replaced by the newly erected Velodrom

Velodrom

The Velodrom is an indoor track cycling arena, in the Prenzlauer Berg, locality of Berlin, Germany. Holding up to 12,000 people, it was also Berlin's largest concert venue, until the opening of O2 World in 2008....

, Max-Schmeling-Halle

Max-Schmeling-Halle

Max-Schmeling-Halle is a multi-purpose arena, in Berlin, Germany, named after the famous German boxer Max Schmeling. Apart from the Velodrom, it's one of Berlin's biggest sport places and holds from 8,861 people, up to 10,050 people....

 and O2 World

O2 World

O2 World is a multi-use indoor arena, in the Friedrichshain neighborhood, of Berlin, that opened in September 2008. Developed by Anschutz Entertainment Group, it was named O2 World, when O2 Germany purchased the naming rights...

. After the building had to be closed for repairs several times in recent years, most recently in 2009, the Berlin Senate in May 2008 finally decided to demolish it and build a new ice arena on the site. However, the demolition is not expected to occur before 2011.

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