Having, and i feel like this is one of those so im excited for him to speak about it. Im going to give you a little kind of overview. If a cell phone, please take photos, but dont make the flash happen. We are filming tonight, as you probably can see. Its a little distracting. We will have the books for sale. We have them for sale currently and if you would like to, i really implore you to look through it and have alan sign it. Hell be signing afterwards as well. We have a wonderful server in the room. She will be here all night. So please take care of her as she will take care of you. I will now turn it on over to alan for the talk of ghosts of Sheridan Circle. Thanks. [ applause ] thank you very much, olivia. Thank you to busboys and poets for hosting this. I also want to thank my publisher for putting this together, the two institutions who made this book happen in washington. Im so happy to be presenting this in washington which is, you know, literally the scene of this crime. The
We will commemorate the berlin air lift this even. First i want to recognize our cosponsors for this event. Deutschelandier. Did i say that right and the allied museum in berlin where our Vice President , our exhibitions and programs Vice President anna slaver is on the advisory board. Anna. I would like to thank you all for your support and coordination in organizing this even this even. At the moment, i would like to introduce the director of the allied museum in berlin. He is in charge currently of the museum which is moving currently from berlin to a hanger at the former airport in berlin, temple hof. A huge complex built in the nazi era. His academic career brought him to washington, d. C. He was a Research Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial museum working. His latest publication in 2016 dealt with the memorialization of democracy, the history of democracy in museums in memorial sites across germany. Without further ado, i would like to welcome the doctor. Hello. Can i
1948. Thats when i was assigned to cover berlin again. Although the war was only three years ago, and the city was still occupied and cut up like a pie, it had lifted its head. Some could find jobs, but others had to find places to build. Like the rest of the world, there were shortages. But, the people lived in comparative peace. The effort of the military offices of u. S. Was showing results. I was impressed by manufacturing factories manufacturing for peace, subways taking people to work, and trolleys taking them home. Places of amusement. Hospitals had milk for new babies. There was even music in the park. Everyone forgot or took for granted electricity, roads. And vittles. Until june, 1948, when suddenly the trains stopped. For technical difficulties. Traffic between berlin and the western zones was banned. Canceled timetables, dead trains, walls of words, and orders blockaded the city. The block put out 75 of the lights. People used candles if they could find them. Movement in an
Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming out. I am the executive director of the International Spy museum. Im excited to introduce this program, dawn of the cold war looking back at the berlin blockade and airlift, 70 years after the last american flight. We will commemorate the berlin airlift this evening. First, i want to recognize our cosponsors for this event, deutschlandar, and the allied museum in berlin, where our Vice President , our very own exhibitions and programs Vice President is on the Advisory Board. I would like to thank you for your support and coordination in organizing this event this evening. At the moment, i would like to introduce the director of the allied museum in berlin. He is in charge, currently, of managing the reinvention process for the allied museum, which will move from its Current Location in southwest berlin to a hangar at the former airport building in berlin, temple hawk. Hawk, a huge complex built in the nazi era. His academic career brought hi