For months, the East Germans and Soviets had threatened a new Berlin cri sis if the West Germans persisted in their plan to convene the Federal Republic’s electoral college in the western half ...

They also imposed a blockade on West Berlin, cutting off all land and rail ... It was one of the most ruthless efforts in modern times to use mass starvation for political coercion ...

Sipping German brew in a biergarten along the River Spree, picnicking in the Tiergarten and lingering in a West Berlin cafe are just a few of the activities you can join the locals in during this ...