Sportpalast, exterior.
3 OCTOBER 1956 IN BERLIN - SPORTPALAST
The Berliner Sportpalast, built 1910, was a multi-purpose winter sport venue and meeting hall in the Schöneberg section of Berlin. It was demolished in 1973, rebuilt as a Council Block, known locally as the Welfare Palace. Depending on the type of event and seating configuration, the Sportpalast could hold up to 14,000 people and was for a time the biggest meeting hall in the German capital.
The adress was 35 Pallasstrasse, Schönberg
at the corner of Potsdamer Strasse
in 1930s Germany a sports arena.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Kid Ory and Cedric Haywood backstage during the show in Berlin.
Hans-Wolf ”Hawe” Schneider discussing.
(Photo donated by Dan Vernhettes. From Schneider´s biography: Und Abends Swing).
Kid Ory backstage during the show in Berlin.
(Photo donated by Dan Vernhettes. From Schneider´s biography: Und Abends Swing).
Jam session, probably with the Spree City Stompers. Alvin Alcorn and Hans-Wolf ”Hawe” Schneider.
The location probably ”Eierschale , The Eggshell”.
(Photo donated by Dan Vernhettes. From Schneider´s biography: Und Abends Swing).
