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“…his reconstruction of the diplomacy and events leading up to August 1961 is spellbinding.”
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I was posted to US Army Hosp Frankfurt July 1956. After I had been there for six months, I was asked if I would like to be the chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Berlin. I said “no.” I had hear...Read the rest...
I was drafted into the Army in December of 1961. I arrived in Berlin Germany in June of 61. I was assigned to the weapons squad of C Company, 2nd Battle Group, the 6th Infantry’s “Chargin’ Charl...Read the rest...
Walt Mickler “Es lebe Freiheit!.” Those were the thoughts of most West Berliners in 1961. When asked by an American soldier what the best thing about Berlin was, his German friend pointed to the A...Read the rest...
In June 1962, my West German husband to be (he a recent graduate from the Universität München’s Medical School) and I (a recent graduate from Wayne State University- having spent the previous thre...Read the rest...
I was Deputy Political Adviser in the British Military Government Berlin from 1959 to 1962. In August 1961 I was 29 years old. My career was entirely in the British Diplomatic Service where I work...Read the rest...
In the summer of 2005, I was an undergraduate student attending the Freie Universität Berlin international summer program. I had long had an interest in German history and was delighted for the fir...Read the rest...
Frederick Kempe is president of the Atlantic Council, a foreign policy think tank. He is an award-winning journalist, former contributor to the Wall Street Journal, author and a regular media commentator in Europe and the United States. More about Fred...
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