Item COLD WAR 11/6 - Transcript of interview with aircraft unloader Heinz Weber, 1996

Typescript transcript of interview with Heinz Weber, aircraft unloader, Tempelhof Airport, West Berlin, 1948-1949, relating to German currency reform, Jun 1948; Weber's employment as an aircraft unloader during the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949; the unloading of coal at Tempelhof Airport; conditions in West Berlin during the Soviet blockade; the disruption to the domestic supply of electricity during the blockade; Weber's journeys into the Soviet occupied zone of Berlin during the blockade, 1948-1949; the importance of Radio in Amerikanischer Sektor (RIAS) for the population of Berlin during the airlift, 1948-1949; 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; the local elections in Berlin, 5 Dec 1948; the theft of supplies by German airport workers during the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949. 16pp