1.0AlliiertenMuseumhttps://www.alliiertenmuseum.dephoebegenschowhttps://www.alliiertenmuseum.de/author/phoebegenschow/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="oB5LsbLeiy"><a href="https://www.alliiertenmuseum.de/en/ausstellung/vacation-from-the-cold-war/">Operation Kinderlift: Vacation from the Cold War</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.alliiertenmuseum.de/en/ausstellung/vacation-from-the-cold-war/embed/#?secret=oB5LsbLeiy" width="600" height="338" title="“Operation Kinderlift: Vacation from the Cold War” — AlliiertenMuseum" data-secret="oB5LsbLeiy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.alliiertenmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2.0-alliierten-museum-sonderausstellung-kinderlift.jpg20001581In contrast to the actual Berlin Airlift of 1948/49, the public is largely unfamiliar with Operation Kinderlift. As such, the audience was all the more fascinated by the words of Peter Boenisch, who initiated the project as a young journalist at the Northwest German Broadcaster (NWDR). Adolf Grimme, the legendary director of the broadcaster, took up the idea and initiated a special fundraising action. Those funds allowed Operation Kinderlift to take off. The U.S. Air Force in Europe, headquartered in Wiesbaden, made the planes available free of charge, and pilots volunteered to fly the kids on vacation. According to Mr. Boenisch, the action was a shining example of German-American cooperation and friendship.