( en, Uncle Tom's Cabin) is a

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station located in the district. Since 12 December 2004 it is served by the line.

History

The station was designed by

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, and was placed in service on 22 December 1929 as the centre of the modernist '

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, built between 1926 and 1932 by architects

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, and others. Two

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s and a small cinema were added in 1932. The area was named after ''

Uncle Tom's Cabin ''Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly'' is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U. ...

'', the 1852 anti-slavery novel by

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. In 1885 a local landlord named Thomas opened a public house at the southern rim of the forest and installed several small huts in his

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to shelter his guests from the rain. These huts were referred to as "Tom's Cabins", which reminded many of the famous book. Over the years the estate, the station, the cinema and the ' took on the name as well. The pub was demolished in 1979.J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)

In popular culture

* station is the location of some key scenes in the 2017

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TV series ''

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''.

References

External links

U3 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations Buildings and structures in Steglitz-Zehlendorf Railway stations in Germany opened in 1929 {{Berlin-UBahn-stub