Item COLD WAR 11/1 - Transcript of interview with politician Ella Barowsky, 1996

Typescript transcript of interview with Ella Barowsky, German Social Democratic Party member of Berlin City Council (Stadt Verordneten Versammlung), 1946-1950, relating to the attitude to the future of Berliners following the defeat of Germany, 1945; the destruction in Berlin, Germany, 1945; the rapes committed by Red Army soldiers on German civilians, 1945; Barowsky's protection from harm by a Red Army non-commissioned officer, 1945; Soviet plans for occupied Germany, 1945; the creation of a new, communist controlled administration in Berlin, 1945; the arrival of US, British and French occupation forces in Berlin and the administration of West Berlin, 1945-1946; the animosity caused by the requisitioning of German civilian's property for the use of the occupying powers, West Berlin, 1945-1946; the welcome in Berlin for the Western Allies, 1945; the German civilian casualties caused by hunger and cold, Berlin, 1945-1946; the local elections in Berlin, Oct 1946 and the roles of Ernst Reuter, Social Democrat Mayor of Berlin 1948-1953, Louise Schroeder, German Social Democrat and Deputy Lord Mayor, and Acting Lord Mayor, Berlin, 1947, Ferdinand Friedensburg, Christian Democratic Union, Acting Mayor, Berlin, (1948) and Otto Suhr, Speaker of the Berlin Assembly; Berlin City Council meetings, 1946-1950; German currency reform, Jun 1948; the black market in Berlin, 1945-1948; German Social Democratic Party policy on currency reform, 1948; the use of the western Deutschmark and the eastern Ostmark in Berlin, 1948; the ejection of democratic councillors from the Berlin City Council by communist activists, 6 Sep 1948; the public demonstration in Berlin against communist inspired anti-democratic activity and the attempt to prevent the introduction of the Deutschmark in Berlin, 9 Sep 1948; the speech to the demonstration made by Ernst Reuter, Social Democrat Mayor of Berlin, 9 Sep 1948; the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949; Berliners fears of inaction of western powers in assisting Berlin, 1948; the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949; the elections in West Berlin, 5 Dec 1948; the victory for the German Social Democratic Party in the West Berlin elections, Dec 1948; the establishment of political ties between the administration of Berlin and the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949; the influence of politics in Berlin on the rebirth of democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949; the partition of Germany and the creation of the German Democratic Republic, Oct 1949; the blockade of West Berlin by the USSR, 1948-1949; life in Berlin during the blockade and airlift, 1948-1949; air crashes in Berlin during the airlift, 1948-1949; the importance of Radio in Amerikanischer Sektor (RIAS) for the population of Berlin during the airlift, 1948-1949; the reaction to the lifting of the Berlin blockade by the USSR, May 1949. 60pp