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WEBFeb 8, 2019 · WIESBADEN, Germany - Traute Grier's childhood was overshadowed by the bombings of World War II, and as she grew up, the hunger and uncertainty of the Berlin Blockade. Grier was a teenager in...
Berlin Airlift helped German girl survive her fractured youth
WEBJun 23, 2008 · Sixty years ago, Traute Grier used this transportation pass to make her way around postwar Berlin. Alongside the pass are a pair of old U.S. military payment certificates from that era.
Candy bombs – DW – 07/18/2013 - dw.com
WEBJul 18, 2013 · By the end of the Berlin Blockade, they'd dispatched 22 tons of candy over the city, but Traute Grier, then 14 years old, didn't get a single piece. She lived in the district of Neukölln.
Berlin Airlift Turns 60: A Firsthand Account of Post-War Berlin
WEBJun 26, 2008 · Traute Grier was 16 years old when the Soviets cut off West Berlin from the rest of the world. Here, she recounts her desperate struggle for survival, her terror of the Russians and how ...
Allies won Berliner Hearts – DW – 06/09/2008 - dw.com
WEBJun 9, 2008 · Traute Grier: Things started getting bad in April 1945 when the “dear Russians” came. We Berliners were terrified of them. They were savages -- they raped the women and...
A symphony of freedom: 70th anniversary of The Berlin Airlift
WEBJun 28, 2018 · Traute Grier attends the ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, June 26, 2018, in Frankfurt, Germany. Grier was 14 years old during the beginning of the operation. The Berlin Airlift memorial ceremony honored the 70th Anniversary of the beginning of the Berlin Airlift.
60 Years Later, Berlin Airlift Remembered - Radio Free …
WEBJun 26, 2008 · "Berlin was in rubble and was not very pleasant at that time after the war," recalls Traute Grier, who was going on 16 at the time of the blockade.
Wiesbaden Prepares for 60th Anniversary of Berlin Airlift
WEBMay 23, 2008 · The now 90-year-old airlift veteran spent 26 years in the Air Force, including a stint with Headquarters U.S. Air Forces Europe in Wiesbaden from 1961-65. While shuttling troops...
With sadness and... - U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt - Facebook
WEBWith sadness and gratitude, we bid farewell to Traute Grier, a true ally and tireless advocate for the German-American friendship. A child of the Berlin Airlift, she never forgot how "candy bomber"...
BBC World Service - News - Remembering the Berlin Airlift
WEBJun 23, 2008 · Captain Stan Sickelmore - now 86 - had served in the Royal Air Force during the war suddenly found himself helping the same people who just three years earlier had been helping to bomb. Listen...
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