Item COLD WAR 11/7 - Transcript of interview with Etza Reuter, son of Ernst Reuter, Mayor of Berlin, 1996

Typescript transcript of interview with Etza Reuter, son of Ernst Reuter, Mayor of Berlin West Berlin, 1948-1953, relating to the character of Ernst Reuter, 1948-1949; Ernst Reuter's communist beliefs, [1917]-1921; Ernst Reuter's return to Germany from Turkey, 1946; conditions in Berlin, Germany, 1946; Ernst Reuter's admiration for other Berlin politicians, notably Louise Schroeder, Social Democrat and Deputy Lord Mayor, and Acting Lord Mayor, Berlin, 1947, and Otto Suer, Speaker of the Berlin Assembly, 1945-1949; Ernst Reuter's election as Mayor of Berlin and the overturning of the result by the Soviet veto in the four power administration of Berlin, 1947; Ernst Reuter's opinion of the German Communist Party and the threat to the development of democracy in post-war Germany, 1946-1947; currency reform and the imposition of the Soviet blockade of West Berlin, Jun 1948; speculation on the possibility of the withdrawal of the Western Allies from Berlin, 1948; discussions between Ernst Reuter, US Gen Lucius DuBignon Clay, US Military Governor in Germany, and Commander in Chief, US Forces in Europe, 1947-1949, and Gen Sir Brian Hubert Robertson, 2nd Bt, Commander-in-Chief and Military Governor, Control Commission for Germany, 1948-1950, on the Berlin Airlift, 1948; the ejection of democratic councillors from the Berlin City Council by communist activists, 6 Sep 1948; the speech made by Ernst Reuter, 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 impact of the Soviet blockade on West Berlin, 1948-1949; the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949; the lifting of the Soviet blockade, May 1949; the reaction in the Federal Republic of Germany to the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949; speculation on the acceptability of Soviet dictatorship over Germany, 1948-1949; the Berlin uprising, Jun 1953; the partition of Germany into the Federal Republic and the Democratic Republic, 1948-1949. 32pp