Key Information
Reference code
BERLIN AIRLIFT 38
Title
Interview with German civilian Mercedes Wild, [1997-1998]
Date(s)
- [1997 - 1998] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
17pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of interview with Mercedes Wild, German schoolgirl, recounting experience of life in Berlin after 1945 and during the airlift 1948-1949, scarcity of food, the black market, electricity shortages, writing to the 'candy bomber' and receiving reply from Lt Gail S Halvorsen, also meeting him in 1971. 17pp