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In the years 1945 to 1994, the Western Allies put their stamp on political and military events as well as everyday life in Berlin. The Allied Museum explores important chapters of this history. The permanent exhibition \u201cHow Enemies Became Friends\u201d can be viewed in condensed <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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form at the Nicholson Memorial Library during the renovation of the Outpost Theater. We display our largest objects, including a British Airlift plane, on the Museum grounds between these two buildings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1945 – 1950<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the end of the war to the Berlin Airlift<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first part of the permanent exhibition in the former American Outpost movie theater explores the years 1945 to 1950. The themes are the Allied victory at the end of World War II, the first years of the occupation, and the process of democratic renewal. The Berlin Airlift during the Soviet blockade of 1948\/49 is a central focus.<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"Aerial
US Air Force planes at Tempelhof Airport during the Berlin Airlift, 1948\/49 (AlliiertenMuseum\/US Army Photograph)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Lucius
Lucius D. Clay, former US military governor in Germany, at the Berlin Wall, 1962 (UPI\/Clay Papers\/Marshall Library)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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1951 – 1994<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berlin: Scene of the Cold War<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second part of the permanent exhibition in the Nicholson Memorial Library examines the period 1951 to 1994. The focus is on the military confrontation between East and West during the Cold War. Berlin was an especially important scene of rivalries between opposing intelligence services. Apart from everyday life in the garrisons, the exhibition also highlights the events from German unity in 1990 to the withdrawal of the Western forces in 1994.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Highlights of the permanent exhibition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Fahnen
Following Soviet orders of May 31, 1945, the Berlin population manufactured the flags of the four victorious powers for all public buildings, businesses and residences. (AlliiertenMuseum\/W. Chodan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Jeep
In their Willys MB jeeps, US soldiers put their stamp on the Berlin cityscape. (AlliiertenMuseum\/W. Chodan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Geb\u00e4udeschild
This sign hung on the building of the Allied Kommandatura Berlin, which disbanded itself on October 2, 1990, one day before German reunification. (AlliiertenMuseum\/W. Chodan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Paket
The first packages from the aid organization CARE for especially needy people arrived in Berlin in August 1946. (AlliiertenMuseum\/W. Chodan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Leuchtr\u00f6hrenschriftzug
The neon sign for the popular broadcaster RIAS, Radio in the American Sector, was attached to the outside of the RIAS broadcasting center in Berlin\u2019s Sch\u00f6neberg district. (AlliiertenMuseum\/W.Chodan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Luftaufnahme
The Hastings manufactured by Handely Page was the largest transport plane deployed by the Royal Air Force during the Berlin Airlift. (AlliiertenMuseum\/Eberle u. Eisfeld)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Seitenansicht
The French military train traveled three times a week between the French Sector in Berlin and the border city of Strasbourg in Alsace. (AlliiertenMuseum\/W. Chodan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Bemalte
In the mid-1980s, the French artist Thierry Noir began painting large-scale colorful heads on the Berlin Wall. (AlliiertenMuseum\/W. Chodan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Fassadenelement
Just a few weeks after the Wall was built, the US military installed a military checkpoint on Friedrichstrasse that would become world famous as Checkpoint Charlie. (AlliiertenMuseum\/W. Chodan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Sektorenschild
The Western powers erected hundreds of signs along the border with the Soviet Sector. (AlliiertenMuseum\/W. Chodan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Segmente
The construction of a spy tunnel from West to East Berlin was one of the most spectacular espionage operations by the Western powers in Berlin. (AlliiertenMuseum\/W. Chodan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Gerahmtes
The British Berlin Tattoo military music festival took place regularly from 1947 to 1992 and enjoyed great popularity among Berliners. (AlliiertenMuseum\/W. Chodan)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The history of the Western powers in Berlin is full of suspense and drama. It begins with the American, British, and French occupying troops marching into Berlin in 1945 and ends with the Allies\u2019 ceremonial withdrawal in 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":435,"template":"","meta":{"_subtitle":"","_tagline":"The history of the Western powers in Berlin from 1945 to 1994","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.alliiertenmuseum.de\/?post_type=exhibition&p=67","_exhibition_start":"","_exhibition_end":"","_exhibition_type":"permanent","_featured_caption":"","_featured_caption_checkbox":false,"_featured_alt":"US soldier in dress uniform with headphones on the mixer in a square in the middle of the city. Many spectators in the background.","_pinkie_id":35745,"_pinkie_caption":false,"_pinkie_alt":"

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