Telegraphenamt Berlin: Where Imperial Communication Command Became Modern Power

The Telegraphenamt Berlin occupies Max Lehmann’s 1910–1916 Imperial Main Telegraph Office—Germany’s most expensive postal building and the nerve center of early 20th-century German communications. This Neo-Baroque fortress once commanded a 400km pneumatic tube network spanning Berlin, operated through two World Wars and the GDR era until 1977. Today, seven maisonette suites with 5-meter ceilings and … Continue reading Telegraphenamt Berlin: Where Imperial Communication Command Became Modern Power