was a ruin. From 7 October 1949 the site was located in East Berlin. The GDR demolished the damaged buildings above ground and filled the basements with rubbish in the 1950s. The usable structure at Voßstraße 33 became the administration building for East German railways until after German reunification in 1990. By 1996 the address was empty, fell into disrepair, and became a site for illegal parties. In 2004 the association "Art and Culture House Voßstraße e.V." began using the building as a gallery and events venue. At Leipziger Straße 125, a library and medical facilities were located next to a travel agency. The West German construction company "Hermann Koehne", mainly active in railroad track construction, had its headquarters there from 1990 to 1996. The building stood empty after that. After a long-running legal dispute between Deutsche Bahn and the Federal Government, the approximately 10,000 m2 site was sold in April 2012 to Berlin Investor Harald Huth. Demolition of the still existing parts of the Ministry, including cellars on the Wilhelmstraße and buried elements of the air-raid bunkers, began in September 2012. The historic Leipziger Straße 125 and Voßstraße 33 were preserved and are today under monument protection. By September 2014 the rest of the site was occupied by a new retail, hotel, office and apartment complex incorporated into the Mall of Berlin, one of the largest shopping centers in Germany. Notes References External links "Reichsverkehrsministerium Berlin - Der Bunker", YouTube video of the RVM bunkers in September, 2012. Mall of Berlin Official website. picture documentation (2012), as well as alternative location near Groß Köris (2015) at arche-foto.com Weimar Republic History of transport in Germany Transport Public works ministries Demolished buildings and structures in Berlin Buildings and structures demolished in 2012