I.G.Farben Haus/Goethe University, Frankfurt
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Today, we went inside the former IG Farben Building. It has had various names since it was built in 1930, Poelzig Bau, IG Farben, Abrams Building, Pentagon of Europe and today, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University.
IG Farben has an extensive history, but they were responsible for so many horrific activities in WWII in collaboration with the Nazis. Look them up if you are interested.
The American Army made this their headquarters for V Corp and Gen. Eisenhower had his office here as did Gen. Marshall.
The building was given over to Germany in 1996 and it then became the Westend Campus of the Goethe University in 2004.
An important building and history. Thank you!
You are welcome, as alwaysy
Terrific video! Brings back some wonderful videos. My wife worked in the Abrams building as a V Corps Budget Analyst from 1976-1979. We thoroughly enjoyed our tour in Germany. My wife wanted to extend our tour but I was kind of homesick so we returned to the states. Now looking back I wish we had stayed a couple more years.
Thank you. I hope you can make it back for a visit.
Many many thanks for these videos. Brings back memories of my tour with V Corps 1962-1965. Interesting that the Paternosters were not in operation. Perhaps because it was a weekend with little traffic in the building. The building never ceases to impress.
That is correct. The Pater Noster, located on the ends of the building run on weekdays.
Worked there off and on between 81-94, was first upstairs in the Terrace club and we provided the food to the officer and NCO clubs, we were later named the Services Division, next change was to roll us into MWR, and later into the 418th support, final stage I was sent back to the 103rd until my RIF notice came in. I use to roam all the halls and basement of the Terrace Club and the Abrams building. Will be back in July 2024 for a visit.
It is open 7 days a week, so you can roam around the halls.
Wow. Such memories.
Did you work here?
I worked there from Jan 1972 until Aug 1974. You mentioned that those curved windows in the rotunda cafe were original. They are not. When the Baader Meinhof group bombed the building it blew out all of that curved glass as well the front of the Terrace Officers Club which killed the the VCorps surgeon general and also those huge doors in the front of the IG Farben. I was there. Took a long time to replace that glass and even longer to feel safe there. Would love to go back and visit there and the old Gibbs Kaserne, many fond memories of there in spite of that terrible night. Thank you for your video!
Thank you so much for that information about the windows! Sharing your memories of working here are always appreciated.
How many social activities I went to the Officers Club. Several changes of Command too! And then the paternoster. Used it many times to go to so many offices. I sign in in their replacement office when I went back to Germany 1983 and cleared out in 1994. Thanks for the memories.
Thanks so much for this...I worked on the 6th floor for Dhhs v corps...that was my view every day! The paternosters were always an issue. People with bifocals wouldnt line them up correctly and get on before they were even with the floor! And if you werent paying attention and didnt get off on the 6th floor the paternoster would slide through the wall to go back down again. I took the stairs a lot instead!!!
I rode these here once a long time ago, but there is a hotel in Frankfurt that has one that is often in use. Have ridden that one a number of times. A bit tough getting off. Ya have to be ready!
I’m not familiar with the building or it’s history but know of the university. Will research the building a bit. Thank you!
Awesome job and thank you so much for all ur videos Jo😁 I grew up in FRANKFURT during the 70s and ended up staying and working for the 103rd ASG as a Base Closure member and had a office upstairs at the Terrace club so this brought back a lot of cool memories 👍 left in 97 when everything was turned over to the local government.. Miss everything and those times for sure.. thank you again!!
Thanks for your comments and sharing. Hope you can come back for a visit some day.
Jo, thanks for the great tour. Many of us spent a lot of time in those buildings and of course terrorizing newbies on the Paternoster elevators.
I was surprised to see them turned off, I had heard that they were still running, but only for students.
@@frankfurtonfoottours2361 the paternosters are only turned on in the library, during weekdays from morning until 6 o clock or so
@@creativefail5329 Thanks. I actually asked someone about them a couple of weeks ago and they told me which ones were running and when.
What a magnificent building and complex. As a Frankfurt high school student in the mid-80s, it was a great place to go for lunch as our school cafeteria was very small. Besides the rotunda cafeteria I could have sworn there was a small AAFES snack bar on one of the higher floors. It was a great alternative to trying to fight the lines at the rotunda. I also have to laugh that on some days we would be held up from walking across the field between the EUD building and the Terrace Club because a helicopter would be landing. No gates, no fences, just a couple of soldiers telling us to wait. You tell people that today and they just look at you cross eyed. Not sure how we all survived :) Would love to see a building directory of the Abrams building from that time period. It really was a small city
that would be an interesting thing to see. Someone may still have one?
There was another type of snack bar on the third floor but dont think it was an Aafes one.
There was also a little store on the first floor on the left side as you entered thru the side entrance
thank you for posting this. I worked at the Terrace club shortly before they closed it. It was a pretty cool job because I could play the pianos anytime I wanted to. Also that wierd elevator in the Abrams building gave me the creeps everytime I rode it.
Thanks for sharing your memories. We went to the Terrace Club once or twice for Mothers day lunch.
Thx for sharing :) I stil study at that campus, but I didn't know that the sculpture did not please Eisenhower back then.
It's a good campus to be on.
it is a beautiful campus. It was Mrs. Eisenhower that supposedly did not like the statue.
We loved riding the paternoster as high school students. Telling lies to the new people about what happens at the top. After high school I worked in the aafes shoppette for a few months.
Spent tons of time at the officer's club next to it as well. Hours of playing Time Pilot and occasionally sneaking quarters into the slot machines.
Thanks for sharing such great memories.