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Berlin Brats Alumni Association Newsletter 1 Berlin Brats Alumni Association Newsletter October 2019 Volume 15, Issue 4 Berlin Brats Alumni Association Newsletter 1 Berlin Brats Alumni Association Newsletter October 2019 Volume 15, Issue 4 The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago on November 9th, and the city has a week of events planned to memorial- ize the event and the history of the city’s division and reunification. Kicking off events, Berlin’s Hertha ‘football’ team created a replica of the Wall on their field, and the US Embassy erected a larger-than-life statue of Ronald Regan atop the Embassy. German Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked the US for its support during reunification, saying “That the USA, along with George Bush, helped and sup- ported us on the path to German reunification is something that we will never forget.” Celebrations are even occurring in the US, as the program from Vienna, VA, illustrates. 2 Berlin Brats Alumni Association Newsletter Berlin Brats Alumni Association Newsletter 3 On SeptemberColumbus, 21st, 2019, about 15 Brats, faculty, andOhio Museum -- andregional a personal tour by the Museum’s Presi- spouses gathered in Columbus, OH, for a regional that dent/CEO, Lt. Gen. (Ret) Mike Ferriter ‘75. included a visit to the new Veterans Memorial and From L to R: Kathleen Hildenbrand ‘91, Joel Koffley ‘75, Liz Cleve- land-spouse, Mike Cleveland ‘61, Mike Ferriter ‘75, Margie Ferriter- spouse, Jeri (Polansky) Glass ‘72, DeeDee Whitney-spouse, David Whitney ‘85, Mr. Adam Hildenbrand FAC ‘69-’94, Patty (Frey) Borja ‘68, and Contance (Frey) Chappelear TAR Brat. Not pictured: Sean O’Day ‘76 and Kelly O’Day ‘78. Top center and right: The General - Lt. Gen Mike Ferriter ‘75 (recently retired), and now the founding President of the new National Veterans Memorial and Museum, personally greeted us and gave us a private tour. 4 Berlin Brats Alumni Association Newsletter Berlin Brats Alumni Association Newsletter 5 Creation of the German bizone: How Berlin became a divided city of Western Europe. Cities, indus- troops blocked all road and rail heating fuels for the winter. Alto- from German Culture, Sept 2, 2019 outcast tries, and infrastructure destroyed connections to West Berlin. Within gether, about 275,000 flights suc- By early 1946, the Western Al- but during the war were rapidly rebuilt, a few days, shipping on the Spree ceeded in keeping West Berliners lies–the United States and Britain was, and the economies of the war-torn and Havel rivers was halted; electric alive for nearly a year. in particular–had become con- ac- countries began to recover. In the power, which had been supplied to The Soviet Union had not vinced that Soviet expansionism cord- Western zones, aid from the Mar- West Berlin by plants in the Soviet expected such Western resolve. had to be contained. The Soviet ing to shall Plan laid the foundations zone, was cut off; and supplies of Failing in its attempt to starve Union’s seizure of Polish terri- By- for the West German “economic fresh food from the surrounding the Western Allies out of Berlin, tory and the drawing of the Oder- rnes, miracle” of the 1950s. countryside were suddenly un- it lifted the blockade on May 12, Neisse border (which gave formerly to have A functioning currency system available. The Four Power status of 1949. The Western Allies, led by German territory to Poland), its “an was also needed for a growing Berlin, agreed upon by the Allied the United States, had stood their antidemocratic actions in other honor- economy. The war economy of the victors, had not included any provi- ground without provoking armed countries occupied by Soviet forces, able National Socialist government had sions regarding traffic by land to conflict. Although the blockade had and its policies toward areas such place created an oversupply of currency and from Berlin through the Soviet ended, its effects on Berlin were as Greece and Turkey, persuaded among not matched by a supply of goods. zone. It had, however, established lasting. By June 16, 1948, realizing Western leaders that the Soviet the To combat the resulting black-mar- three air corridors from the West- that it would not achieve its goal Union was aiming for communist free ket economy, especially noticeable ern zones to the city. of a socialist Germany, the Soviet domination of Europe. Churchill’s and in large cities, and to aid economic The three Western powers acted Union withdrew from the ACC, use of the expression “iron curtain” peace- recovery in western Germany, a swiftly: an airlift of unprecedented prompting the Western Allies to to describe the Soviet cordoning off loving nations of the world.” my was to be united and that Euro- central bank was founded and a dimensions was organized to sup- create a separate administration for of a sphere of influence in Europe Neither the Soviet Union nor peans were to participate actively in currency reform was proclaimed on ply the 2.5 million inhabitants of their sectors. At the end of 1948, illustrated a basic change in attitude France desired a revitalized Ger- the administration of the program. June 19, 1948. The reform intro- the Western sectors of Berlin with two municipal administrations toward Soviet intentions on the many, but after intensive negotia- The Soviet Union suspected that duced the Deutsche Mark. In ex- what they needed to survive. The existed, and Berlin had become part of Western leaders. As a result tions, a unified economic zone, the the proposal was a means to pre- change for sixty Reichsmarks, each United States military governor in a divided city. A more significant of this change, Germany came to be Bizone, consisting of the United vent it from harvesting the fruits of citizen received DM40. Addition- Germany, General Lucius D. Clay, effect was perhaps that, in Western seen more as a potential ally than as States and British zones, was pro- the victory over fascism. Deeming ally, controls over prices and basic successfully coordinated the airlift, eyes, Berlin was no longer seen as a defeated enemy. claimed on January 1, 1947. After the proposal a direct affront to its supplies were lifted by authorities, which deployed 230 United States the capital of Hitler’s Germany but The change in attitude led Unit- a difficult beginning, the Bizone communist ideology by “American thus abruptly wiping out the black and 150 British airplanes. Up to rather as a symbol of freedom and ed States officials to take a more proved itself a success, and its economic imperialism,” the Soviet market. 10,000 tons of supplies were flown the struggle to preserve Western active role in Germany. A notable population of 40 million began to Union promptly rejected participa- The swift action of the Western in daily, including coal and other civic values. early example of this policy change benefit from an improving econo- tion in the program, as did the East powers took the Soviet authori- was a speech given in Stuttgart my. Only in the spring of 1949, af- European states, obviously acting ties by surprise, and they quickly in September 1946 by the United ter a period of sustained economic on Soviet orders. implemented a separate currency States secretary of state, James F. growth, did the French occupation To fulfill the precondition of reform for their zone and all Byrnes, proposing the transfer of zone join the Bizone, creating the economic cooperation in Europe, of Berlin. The Western powers, administrative functions from the Trizone. sixteen Western countries joined however, had already ordered the existing military governments to a In mid-1947 the European the Organization for European distribution of Deutsche Marks in single civilian German administra- Recovery Program, or Marshall Economic Co-operation in early their sectors of the city. This mea- tion. Byrnes stated that the United Plan, as it is more widely known, 1948. In April 1948, the United sure, which for the Soviet Union States had not defeated the Nazi was announced. The plan’s aim was States Congress approved the represented the culmination of dictatorship to keep Germans sup- to stimulate the economies on the Foreign Assistance Act, which ar- the Western policy to undermine pressed but instead wanted them continent through the infusion of ranged the provision of aid. Shortly Soviet efforts to build a social- to become a free, self-governing, large-scale credits for the promo- thereafter, industrial products, ist society in its zone, produced and prosperous people. The speech tion of trade between Europe and consumer goods, credits, and out- a sudden dramatic reaction, the was the first significant indication the United States. The United States right monetary gifts started to flow Soviet blockade of Berlin. that Germany was not to remain an stipulated only that Europe’s econo- into the impoverished economies On June 24, 1948, Soviet 6 Berlin Brats Alumni Association Newsletter Berlin Brats Alumni Association Newsletter 7 Brat Get-TogetherS Conquering Charlotte has heart: Berlin Brats and German food mountains Nothing brings Brats together like a good challenge. Rob Ahrens ‘87 joined Karrie (Kotch- er) Wymer ‘86 and hubby Lee in CO on Oct 5th for an attempt to conquer “Manitou Incline” -- 2,000 feet straight up! (Study the pic behind them.) You see here the successful summiters! Deb (Brians) Clark ‘74 holds a regular lun- cheon at the famous Waldhorn Restaurant in Brats bring good luck Pineville, NC (a burb of Charlotte). It’s consis- Brat Get-TogetherS Above: 2018 luncheon, L to R: Deb’s mother, Mike Clark-SOB of Deb, Bryan tently rated in the Top 10 of German Restau- S to the Nationals Duckett ‘84, Gary Robinson ‘74 (visiting from FL), Susan Robinson-SOB Gary, rants in the U.S. We see all three Schnitzels on Not only did the Nats win, but we got to go to the and Deb.
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