50 years the end of the Berlin blockade - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1999 - 110 Pfennig

"Hooray, we're still alive," was the slogan on the vehicles that came on the night of 11/12. May 1949 resumed the traffic between Berlin and Hanover. On March 20, 1948, the USSR had ceased its cooperation in the Control Council for Germany. The closure of the traffic routes between the Western zones and Berlin by the USSR in June marks the beginning of the Cold War. The subsequent separate currency reform in western Germany sealed the failure of an all-German solution and caused Moscow to block the West Berlin sectors. Shortly thereafter, the Americans and the British sent the first aircraft with supplies, since only the air corridors established in 1945 were the only free traffic route available. The airlift became a huge air transport company. For almost a year, the citizens of Berlin received their food and medicines by air. On May 4, 1949, the conflict was settled and the mayor of Berlin Ernst Reuter drew the following balance: "The attempt to bring us to our knees, has failed because of our steadfastness and steadfastness. He failed because the world heard our call and helped us. We will say goodbye to the dry potatoes without mourning. Berlin remains Berlin. «