| In the years from 1945 to 1990, the city of Berlin
was divided into four zones of occupation, administered by the USA, Soviet
Union, Great Britain, and France: the victorious powers of World War II.
The Allied Museum is located in the center of the former U.S. sector. Both
the U.S. military government and the Supreme Command of the Berlin Brigade
were headquartered on the opposite side of Clayallee. In 1949, the street
was named after Lucius D. Clay, who had been the U.S. military governor
in Germany from 1947 to 1949, and had become the "father" of the
Airlift for the West Berliners. |
The grounds on the other side of Hüttenweg
housed the shopping center "Truman Plaza." The buildings taken
over by the Museum bear witness to the U.S. and thus the Allied presence
in Berlin. The Outpost Theater was built by the U.S. army in 1952/53 and
is now protected as a historic monument. The Major Arthur D. Nicholson Memorial
Library was built in 1979. Neither building was officially accessible to
the population of Berlin. |
