Berlin veterans and their families will remember the Onkel-Toms-Hütte U-Bahn Station. Even if they don’t recall its disconcerting name (which did not intend to refer to the novel) they will remember its unusual shopping center design. The lower floor lined up level with the U-Bahn platform. Today, 15 Nov 20, it was damaged in a fire. No word yet on cause, overall damage, etc.
Lead paragraph from Der Tagespiegel translated by Google:
In a fire on Sunday evening, meter-high flames spread to the roof of the Onkel-Toms-Hütte underground station in Berlin-Zehlendorf. A fire brigade spokesman said that a seriously injured person was flown to a special clinic by helicopter with burns. Three people suffered mild smoke inhalation, including a child. By 11:30 p.m. the fire was largely under control.
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