The Berlin Blockade, 1948–9: the First Cold War Stand-Off
“History is written by the victors” is one of those phrases that is repeated so often it has turned into a cliché. To a writer interested in the Second World War and its aftermath from a German perspective, however, it can feel very apposite.
Too often our default is to view the Germany of this period through the filter of the horrors the Nazis inflicted. Instead, imagine for a moment what it must have been like to live in Berlin in 1948. The war had ended but its scars very vividly remained.
Post-war Germany was occupied by American, British, French and Russian forces – its one-time enemies now had full administrative control. In Berlin much of the housing remained uninhabitable. Two currencies were circulating – one in the western and another in the Soviet-run sectors – leaving wages often worthless and the black market flourishing.
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