[Joeaksa]

I have been on the PPOT list for a long time now and rarely ask for help like this.

This time is different.

Tempelhof Central Airport, where the Berlin Airlift was based right after WW2 is going to be closed. It was a US Air Force base for many years after the war and was one of the main bases that was used to defeat Communism in the last 1980's. We have tried for many years to keep it open but the govt will not listen. Ok, so it will not be an airport any longer. We could live with that.

Now the govt is making noises about turning it over to the real estate jokers, who would carve it up into housing and office complex's. We would at least like to save it as a piece of history that it is.

Anyone could could take a minute and sign this petition, would really appreciate it. The petition is in English and German, so no problems understanding it. They are over 5000 signatures now, from people all over the world. The URL that takes you to the petition is below.

Thanks,

Joe A

http://www.tempelhof-weltkulturerbe.de/