Zoo Tower

The Zoo flak tower was a fortified flak tower that existed in Berlin from 1941 to 1947. It was one of several flak towers that protected Berlin from Allied bomber raids. Its primary role was as a gun platform to protect the government building district of Berlin; in addition, the Hochbunker (blockhouse) was designed to be used as a civilian air-raid shelter. It also contained a hospital and a radio transmitter for use by the German leadership and provided secure storage facilities for art treasures.

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Zoo flak tower
flak tower, destroyed building or structure, 

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  1757 Berlin raid ⓘ
  1757 skirmish

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  Raid on Berlin ⓘ
  1760 battle during the Seven Years' War

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  Fall of Berlin ⓘ
  1806 occupation during the War of the Fourth Coalition

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  Unknown ⓘ
  

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  Battle of Großbeeren ⓘ
  1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

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  Skirmish of the Berlin Schloss ⓘ
  1918 confrontation

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  Kapp Putsch ⓘ
  attempted coup in the Weimar Republic

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  Stennes Revolt ⓘ
  revolt within the Nazi Party in 1930-1931

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  Soviet air strikes on Berlin ⓘ
  military operation in the Second World War

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  Air battle of Berlin ⓘ
  bomber attacks, 1943-44, WWII

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  Luftangriff auf Potsdam ⓘ
  1945 airstrike

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  Battle of Berlin ⓘ
  1945 last major offensive of the European theatre of World War Il

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  Battle in Berlin ⓘ
  1945 military operations in the city of Berlin near the end of World War II

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  Storming of the Reichstag ⓘ
  1945 battle

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  Incident at Checkpoint Charlie in October 1961 ⓘ
  

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  Anhalter high bunker Berlin ⓘ
  former air-raid shelter in Berlin

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  Bunker & air raid shelter Inselstrasse 7 ⓘ
  listed architectural structure in Berlin-Nikolassee

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  Flakturm Friedrichshain ⓘ
  

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  Hochbunker Eiswaldtstraße ⓘ
  listed architectural structure in Berlin-Lankwitz

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  Hochbunker Friedrich-Karl-Straße ⓘ
  architectural structure

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  Hochbunker Pallasstraße ⓘ
  former air-raid shelter in Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany

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  Hochbunker Pallasstraße 30 ⓘ
  cultural heritage site in Berlin

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  Kurfürst Bunker Complex ⓘ
  

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  Luftschutzbunker Wittenauer Straße 68/70 ⓘ
  listed architectural structure in Berlin-Wittenau

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  Luna Bunker ⓘ
  former air raid shelter from the National Socialist era in Berlin-Niederschönhausen

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  Mehrzweckanlage Kudamm-Karree ⓘ
  bunker in Berlin

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  Fichte-Bunker ⓘ
  historical gasometer in Berlin

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  Vorbunker ⓘ
  Adolf Hitler's air raid shelter

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  Hochbunker Zwieseler Straße ⓘ
  

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  Luftschutzbunker Wittenauer Straße 76/80 ⓘ
  listed architectural structure in Berlin-Wittenau

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  Flakturm Volkspark Humboldthain ⓘ
  flak tower in Berlin

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  OP-Bunker Teichstraße ⓘ
  Bunker in Berlin

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  Zoo Tower ⓘ
  fortified air defense tower in Berlin

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  Hochbunker Heckeshorn ⓘ
  architectural structure

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  Führerbunker ⓘ
  subterranean bunker complex used by Adolf Hitler in 1945

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  bunker Ladeburg ⓘ
  military building in Germany

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  Festung Spandau ⓘ
  

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  Fort Hahneberg ⓘ
  fort

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  Kommunikation (Neuruppin) ⓘ
  street in Neuruppin

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  Berlin Fortress ⓘ
  former fortifications of Berlin

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  Sachsenhausen concentration camp ⓘ
  Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany (1936-1945)

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  Soviet War Memorial ⓘ
  war memorial in Berlin-Tiergarten, Germany

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  Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow ⓘ
  military museum

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  Wall Museum ⓘ
  museum in Berlin, Germany

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  Topography of Terror ⓘ
  military museum

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  Museum Berlin-Karlshorst ⓘ
  museum in Germany

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  Allied Museum ⓘ
  museum in Berlin

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  Villa Schöningen ⓘ
  museum in Potsdam, Brandenburg state, Germany

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  Berliner Torturm ⓘ
  gate tower in Altlandsberg

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  Flak towers in Berlin ⓘ
  group of flak towers built in 1940 in Berlin

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  Strausberger Torturm ⓘ
  gate tower in Altlandsberg

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  Juliusturm ⓘ
  tower of Spandau Citadel

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  Hungerturm (Bernau bei Berlin) ⓘ
  fortified tower in Bernau bei Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany

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  Pulverturm (Bernau bei Berlin) ⓘ
  fortified tower in Bernau bei Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany

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1941 — 1947 Zoo Tower

1757-10-16T00:00:00Z

1757-10-16T00:00:00Z

1757 1757 Berlin raid

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1760-10-12T00:00:00Z

1760 Raid on Berlin

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1806-10-27T00:00:00Z

1806 Fall of Berlin

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1813 Unknown

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1813-09-04T00:00:00Z

1813 Battle of Großbeeren

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1918 Skirmish of the Berlin Schloss

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1920 Kapp Putsch

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1931-04-01T00:00:00Z

1931 Stennes Revolt

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1941-09-05T00:00:00Z

1941 Soviet air strikes on Berlin

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1943 — 1944 Air battle of Berlin

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1945-04-14T00:00:00Z

1945 Luftangriff auf Potsdam

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1945-05-02T00:00:00Z

1945 Battle of Berlin

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1945-05-02T00:00:00Z

1945 Battle in Berlin

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1945-05-02T00:00:00Z

1945 Storming of the Reichstag

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1961-10-27T00:00:00Z

1961 Incident at Checkpoint Charlie in October 1961

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1883 Fichte-Bunker

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1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

1936 Vorbunker

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1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

1940 Hochbunker Zwieseler Straße

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1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

1940 Luftschutzbunker Wittenauer Straße 76/80

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1941-01-01T00:00:00Z

1941 Flakturm Volkspark Humboldthain

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1941-01-01T00:00:00Z

1941 OP-Bunker Teichstraße

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1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

1943 Hochbunker Heckeshorn

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1947-12-05T00:00:00Z

1944 — 1947 Führerbunker

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1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

1982 bunker Ladeburg

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1650-01-01T00:00:00Z

1650 Berlin Fortress

1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

1945 Soviet War Memorial

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1957-01-01T00:00:00Z

1957 Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow

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1963-01-01T00:00:00Z

1963 Wall Museum

1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

1987 Topography of Terror

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1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

1994 Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

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1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

1996 Allied Museum

2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

2009 Villa Schöningen

1201-01-01T00:00:00Z

1201-01-01T00:00:00Z

1201 Juliusturm

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1500-01-01T00:00:00Z

1500 Hungerturm (Bernau bei Berlin)

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1500-01-01T00:00:00Z

1500 Pulverturm (Bernau bei Berlin)

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Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1982-028-14, "Badeleben" in der Nachkriegszeit

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S76935, Berlin, Sprengung des Zoobunkers

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1997-0923-505, Berlin-Tiergarten, Flakturm als Krankenhaus

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S76936, Berlin, Sprengung des Zoobunkers

Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1982-028-14, "Badeleben" in der Nachkriegszeit

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2005-0817-516, Berlin, Betreuung alter Leute im Zoobunker

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H27779, Berlin, Flakturm am Zoo

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S76936, Berlin, Sprengung des Zoobunkers

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S76934, Berlin, Sprengung des Zoobunkers

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1997-0923-505, Berlin-Tiergarten, Flakturm als Krankenhaus

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1618	Brandenburg-Preußen		Wikidata
area	region	1867	North German Confederation		Wikidata
area	region	1871	German Empire		Wikidata
area	region	1884	German colonial empire		Wikidata
area	region	1918	Weimar Republic		Wikidata
area	region	1933	Nazi Germany		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1757	1757 Berlin raid	Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, skirmish	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1760	Raid on Berlin	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1806	Fall of Berlin	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1813	Unknown	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1813	Battle of Großbeeren	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Skirmish of the Berlin Schloss	armed conflict, Volksmarinedivision	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1920	Kapp Putsch	historical event, attempted coup d'état	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1931	Stennes Revolt	Walter Stennes, attempted coup d'état	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1941	Soviet air strikes on Berlin	aspect of history, aerial bombing of a city	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	Air battle of Berlin	aerial bombing of a city	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Luftangriff auf Potsdam	airstrike	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Battle of Berlin	Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, battle, Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Battle in Berlin	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Storming of the Reichstag	battle, 150th Rifle Division, 171st Rifle Division (2nd formation)	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1961	Incident at Checkpoint Charlie in October 1961	border incident	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1870	Berlin Machine Building Company	arms industry, business, machinery industry and plant construction, manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock (NACE 30.2), manufacture of machinery for paper and paperboard production, manufacture of weapons and ammunition, vehicle construction	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1896	Fritz Werner Geisenheim	arms industry, business, manufacture of metal forming machinery, machinery industry and plant construction	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1914	Hansa-Brandenburg	arms industry, aerospace manufacturer, aircraft industry	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1925	Deutsche Werke	manufacturing, arms industry, company, vehicle construction, building of ships and floating structures, machinery industry and plant construction	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1934	Hapro	arms industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1934	Ikaria Gesellschaft für Flugzeugzubehör	arms industry, enterprise	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1936	Brandenburgische Motorenwerke	arms industry, aircraft industry, motorcycle manufacturer	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1937	Alkett	arms industry, manufacturing, business, enterprise	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1937	Berlin-Seegefelder Industrie-Aktiengesellschaft	arms industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	military branch	1701	Prussian Army	army	Wikidata
organisation	military branch	1871	Imperial German Army	army	Wikidata
organisation	military branch	1935	Kriegsmarine	navy	Wikidata
organisation	military unit	1812	Royal Prussian State Gendarmerie	gendarmerie	Wikidata
site	bunker		Anhalter high bunker Berlin	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Bunker & air raid shelter Inselstrasse 7	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Flakturm Friedrichshain	flak tower	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hochbunker Eiswaldtstraße	M500 type bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hochbunker Friedrich-Karl-Straße	M500 type bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hochbunker Pallasstraße	building, air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hochbunker Pallasstraße 30	hochbunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Kurfürst Bunker Complex	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Luftschutzbunker Wittenauer Straße 68/70	hochbunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Luna Bunker	modern ruins, air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		Mehrzweckanlage Kudamm-Karree	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1883	Fichte-Bunker	gas holder, air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker	1936	Vorbunker	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1940	Hochbunker Zwieseler Straße	M500 type bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1940	Luftschutzbunker Wittenauer Straße 76/80	M500 type bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1941	Flakturm Volkspark Humboldthain	flak tower	Wikidata
site	bunker	1941	OP-Bunker Teichstraße	surgery bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1941	Zoo Tower	destroyed building or structure, flak tower	Wikidata
site	bunker	1943	Hochbunker Heckeshorn	hochbunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1944	Führerbunker	underground infrastructure system, air-raid shelter, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1982	bunker Ladeburg	military museum, bunker	Wikidata
site	fort		Festung Spandau	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Hahneberg	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Kommunikation (Neuruppin)	kommunikation, street	Wikidata
site	fort	1650	Berlin Fortress	destroyed building or structure, fortress	Wikidata
site	museum		Sachsenhausen concentration camp	memorial, military museum, Nazi concentration camp, concentration camp	Wikidata
site	museum	1945	Soviet War Memorial	cemetery, monument, military museum, tourist attraction	Wikidata
site	museum	1957	Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow	military museum, Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany	Wikidata
site	museum	1963	Wall Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1987	Topography of Terror	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1994	Museum Berlin-Karlshorst	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Allied Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2009	Villa Schöningen	military museum, villa	Wikidata
site	tower		Berliner Torturm	gate tower	Wikidata
site	tower		Flak towers in Berlin	Wikimedia list article, fortified tower	Wikidata
site	tower		Strausberger Torturm	gate tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1201	Juliusturm	Bergfried	Wikidata
site	tower	1500	Hungerturm (Bernau bei Berlin)	Rundturm, fortified tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1500	Pulverturm (Bernau bei Berlin)	Irish round tower, fortified tower	Wikidata
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1982-028-14, "Badeleben" in der Nachkriegszeit		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S76935, Berlin, Sprengung des Zoobunkers		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1997-0923-505, Berlin-Tiergarten, Flakturm als Krankenhaus		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S76936, Berlin, Sprengung des Zoobunkers		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1982-028-14, "Badeleben" in der Nachkriegszeit		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2005-0817-516, Berlin, Betreuung alter Leute im Zoobunker		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H27779, Berlin, Flakturm am Zoo		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S76936, Berlin, Sprengung des Zoobunkers		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S76934, Berlin, Sprengung des Zoobunkers		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1997-0923-505, Berlin-Tiergarten, Flakturm als Krankenhaus		Commons