Item COLD WAR 11/2 - Transcript of interview with civilian Elfriede von Assel, 1996

Typescript transcript of interview with Elfriede von Assel, German civilian in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany, 1945-[1949], relating to the occupation of Landsberg an der Warthe, Germany (now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland), by the Red Army, 30 Jan 1945; the German civilian population's fear of the Red Army, 1944-1945; the looting of German property and rapes committed by Red Army soldiers on German civilians, 1945; von Assel's account of being raped by Red Army soldiers, 1945; her journey to Berlin, Germany, 1945; the conditions in Berlin, 1945; the arrival of British forces in Berlin, Jul 1945; the German civilian casualties caused by hunger and cold, Berlin, 1945-1946; the reaction amongst the German civilian population to the news of the existence of the Nazi concentration camps, 1945; the Soviet blockade of West Berlin and the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949. 17pp