Looming over a small park on the Platz der Luftbrücke in Tempelhof, the Berlin Airlift Memorial (Luftbrückendenkmal) is dedicated to those who gave their lives to save the people of West Berlin during the Berlin Blockade. On 24 June 1948, Stalin closed off all road and rail routes to Berlin in an attempt to starve […]
Berlin Christmas 1948 – Blockaded Christmas by British Pathé
Blockaded Christmas is a British Pathé news report on the Berlin Christmas of 1948, 6 months into the Soviet Blockade of the city. In June 1948 tensions between the Soviet Union and the Allied occupying powers in Germany escalated and the democratic process for governing Berlin broke down completely. In an attempt to force the […]
Sunday Documentary – Berlin Airlift: The Story of a Great Achievement
Berlin Airlift: The Story of a Great Achievement is a film produced by the Central Office of Information (a British Government agency) to document the extraordinary events of 1948 and 1949 when thousands of tonnes of supplies were flown into West Berlin, thwarting Soviet plans to starve the city. If you were out and about […]