Item COLD WAR 11/4 - Transcript of interview with civilian Hildegard Herrberger, 1996

Typescript transcript of interview with Hildegard Herrberger, citizen of West Berlin, 1945-1961, relating to the German civilian casualties in Berlin caused by hunger and cold, 1945-1946; the behaviour of Red Army troops towards German civilians in Berlin, 1945; the partition of Berlin into four zones of Allied occupation, 1945; the arrival of the Western Allies in Berlin, Jul 1945; the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949; currency reform in Germany, 1948; the use, in Berlin, of the western Deutschmark and the eastern Ostmark, 1948; the Soviet blockade of West Berlin, 1948; conditions in West Berlin during the blockade, including food shortages, the development of a system of barter in order to acquire adequate food, clothing and fuel, and the disruption to the domestic supply of electricity; the importance of the Radio in Amerikanischer Sektor (RIAS) for the population of Berlin during the airlift; the black market in West Berlin; the construction of the Berlin Wall, Aug 1961; the speech made by Ernst Reuter, Social Democrat Mayor of Berlin, 1948-1953, to the large 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. 24pp