Item COLD WAR 11/5 - Transcript of interview with journalist Stefan Doernberg, 1996

Typescript transcript of interview with Stefan Doernberg, German journalist, 1948, relating to the reaction of the German population to the Soviet occupation of eastern Germany, 1945; the looting of German property and rapes committed by Red Army soldiers on German civilians, 1945; the removal of industrial plant and equipment by the Soviets from occupied Germany as war reparations, 1945; economic reconstruction in the Soviet occupied zone of Germany, 1945-1946; the deterioration in relations between the USSR and the Western Allies in Germany, 1945-1946; the announcement of the Truman Doctrine, the provision of US military and economic aid for any country threatened by Communism, Mar 1947; German currency reform, Jun 1948; public demonstrations in Berlin organised by the Social Democratic Party against communist inspired anti-democratic activity and the attempt to prevent the introduction of the Deutschmark in Berlin, Sep 1948; the Soviet blockade of West Berlin and the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949; the consequences of the Berlin Airlift on the German Social Democratic Party, 1948-1949; the importance of Radio in Amerikanischer Sektor (RIAS) for the population of Berlin during the airlift, 1948-1949; the role of Radio Berlin, the Soviet controlled radio station in East Berlin, 1948-1949; the creation of the German Democratic Republic, Oct 1949; Doernberg's pro-Soviet articles, published during the Soviet blockade of West Berlin, 1948-1949; the communist coup d'etat in Czechoslovakia, Feb 1948; the expulsion of Yugoslavia from the Cominform (Communist Information Bureau), an organisation to co-ordinate Communist Party activities throughout Europe, Jun 1948; the impact of anti-Semitism in the German Socialist Unity Party, [1949]-1953; Doernberg's reaction to the death of Soviet President Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, 5 Mar 1953; the East Berlin uprising, 17 Jun 1953; and the construction of the Berlin Wall, Aug 1961. 33pp