Burger King 347
‘By the Window’ 279
Byern, Marie Luise 19, 26, 30, 62–3
Byrnes, James 162
Byzantine Empire 16
C
Canada 131, 137
Cape Town, South Africa 94, 97, 312-13
carpenters’ guild 43
‘Castle Clause’ 6
Castonier, Elisabeth 71
Catholicism 14
Cecilienhof, Potsdam 76, 163
Charles, prince of Wales 317
Charlottenburg, Berlin 58, 60, 164, 167
chauffeurs 44, 45, 48, 50, 52, 60, 123, 132
Chemnitz 120, 148
Chicago Tribune 141
Christianity 14, 37, 67, 80, 210–11, 212
Christmas 31, 35, 73, 211
Chronik 254, 257, 291
Chuikov, Vasily 159
Churchill, Winston 162–3
City (band) 277
City Palace 16, 163
civil liberties 28, 75
Clare, George 188–9
‘Clean-up Day’ 331, 346–51, 348
code names 220, 221, 225
Cold War 258
Cologne 154, 175, 182
Colosseum, Berlin 171
Command and Conquer 322
Commerz Bank 38
Commonwealth 131
communism 28–9, 31, 65, 68, 73–5, 89, 131, 157, 172, 178, 191, 196–8, 212, 233, 251–4, 257, 267–8, 291–2, 309, 317–18
Communist Party of Germany 28, 65, 73, 74, 75, 196, 197, 233, 318
concentration camps 110, 128, 166, 172, 179; Auschwitz 110, 179; Sachsenhausen 128
confirmation ceremonies 210–11
conscientious objectors 279
conscription 131, 279
conservatism 22, 23, 26, 31, 65, 66
Coventry, England 259
Croydon airport, London 101
Cultural Association of German Jews 96–7
Czechoslovakia 131, 148, 149, 274, 276, 293
D
Dakota C47 aircraft 184, 186
Damschkestraße, Berlin 60
Danzig 17
Dargies, Dieter 331
‘Dark Place’ 324
‘Day of Potsdam’ (1933) 76, 163
DDR channels 256
‘death strip’ 234–5, 296, 298, 306
Death’s Head Hussars 17
Delft tiles 55, 123, 223, 286, 287
denazification 171–83, 188–9; Fragebogen 172–3, 176, 180; Persilschein (whitewash certificates) 179; Spruchkammern (tribunals) 177–83
Denkmal 6, 330, 351
Denmark 135
Dettmer’s bakery 152
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR) xxi, 1, 192–9, 211–15, 216–24, 225–30, 231–7, 238–42, 245, 250–61, 262–72, 273–82, 283–90, 291–300, 301, 302, 308–10, 317, 321, 342, 343–4, 347, 349
1949 foundation of 192; string of murders around Groß Glienicke 192–6; mass migration to West Germany begins 198; 1950 creation of Stasi 218; arrest of Leopold Bauer 196–7; 1951 mass migration to West Germany continues 198; 1952 trial of Leopold Bauer 197; closing of Berlin border 199; 1953 ‘Measures for the Recovery of the Political Situation in the DDR’ 211; death of Joseph Stalin; power struggle ensues 211–12; protests erupt across country 212–13, 219; 1956 foundation of National People’s Army (NVA) 279; 1959 Groß Glienicke Lake becomes polluted 227–8; 1961 construction of Berlin Wall begins 231–4; 1962 military conscription introduced 279; Soviets and US swap intelligence agents at Berlin border crossing 258; 1963 defection of Brian Patchett from West Germany 259–61; 1964 Soviets and UK swap intelligence agents at Berlin border crossing 258–9; 1970 Treaties of Moscow and Warsaw 269; Munk property burns down in Groß Glienicke 266–7, 305; 1972 Treaties of Moscow and Warsaw ratified 269; Basic Treaty 269; 1973 accepted as permanent member of UN 269; 1980 murder of Ulrich Steinhauer 288–9; 1988 men drive truck through barrier at Glienicke Bridge border crossing 289; 1989 fortieth anniversary celebrations 291–2; protests in Leipzig 292–3; Egon Krenz replaces Erich Honecker as leader 293; protests spread across country 293; citizens seek asylum at West Germany embassy in Prague 293; Günter Schabowski announces easing of DDR travel restrictions 293–4; mass border crossing at Berlin Wall; demolition begins 294–7; new border crossing opens at Groß Glienicke 297–300, 298; Badewiese bar in Groß Glienicke burns down 308; 1990 reunification treaty 309
Deutsche Oper, Berlin 58
Deutsches Theater, Berlin 40, 57
Deutschlandsender 197
Deutschmark 191
Diana, princess of Wales 316
Dietrich, Marlene 40
DKV F7 cars 240
Döberitzer Heath 13, 102, 130, 159, 343
döner 323, 326
doping 274, 321
Dorfstraße, Groß Glienicke 14, 141, 236, 252, 253, 271
Dortmund 217, 219, 234, 270, 272
Douglas, Sholto 162
Dragoon Guards, 1st 17
Drei Linden Gasthof, Groß Glienicke 14, 20, 31, 66, 89, 102, 108, 132, 137, 138, 142, 152, 155, 225, 229, 252, 257, 264, 265, 278, 279, 283, 323
Dresden 29
Droysenstraße, Berlin 60, 61
Düsseldorf 154, 302
E
East Germany see Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)
Ecce Homo 20
Echo Edition 170
Edition Meisel & Co. 115, 117, 128, 135–6, 138, 141, 144, 146, 149, 170–1, 173, 175, 178, 181, 203, 214, 302–3
Edition Peters 128
Egypt 16
Eichel, Alfred 89
Eichmann, Adolf 134
Ein Kessel Buntes 256
Einer wird gewinnen 256
‘Einsichtnahme in historische Bauakten und Baupläne’ 6
Einstein, Albert 40, 57
Einstein, Elsa 57
Eisenhower, Dwight David 162
elections 28, 65
1925 presidential election 65; 1930 federal election 69; 1932 federal elections 72–3; 1933 federal election 74, 75–6; 1990 federal election 310
Elizabeth II, queen of the United Kingdom 249–51
Enabling Act (1933) 77
Energy (radio station) 324
Engels, Friedrich 16
England see under United Kingdom
Ente, Die 71
Erhard, Ludwig 250
Ernst, Karl 89
Erntedankfest (Thanksgiving festival) 19–21, 25, 31
Erntekrone 20
Essen 147, 148
Eulenspiegel (Owl Mirror), Berlin 114
Exner café 108
F
Fago, Paul 135, 141, 171, 174, 175, 178, 179, 181, 182
Fahrland 194
Fall of Berlin, The 195
farming 15, 17, 18, 31, 32, 166
Fasanenstrasse, Berlin 52
Federal Cross of Merit 302
Federal Republic of Germany see West Germany
‘Festival of Freedom’ 291–2
film industry 115, 116, 117, 118–21, 123, 125
‘Final Solution’ 134–5
First World War see World War I
Fischer, Kurt 317
Fish Jumping bar, Groß Glienicke 283
Fisher, Vilyam Genrikhovich 258
fishing 12
Flakhelfer (gun assistants) 132
flight tax (Reichsfluchtsteuer) 101
folk organisations 68
Folkestone, England 104
Fontane, Theodor xix
food subsidies 309
football 52, 142, 247, 256, 286, 291, 329
forced labour 151, 160, 171
Foreign Ministry 102
Formula One 256
Fövenyessy, Ilona von see Meisel, Ilona
foxes 13, 340, 342, 345
Fragebogen 172–3, 176, 180
France 4, 25, 27, 29, 104, 114, 131, 135, 143, 159, 161, 164, 172, 174, 176, 184, 189, 190, 191, 196, 269, 270, 303
Franck, James 56
Frankfurt 29, 38, 135, 154
; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 350
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este 24
free association 75
freedom of the press 75
Freemasons 178
Freiberg University Hospital 36
Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ) 267–8, 291
French windows 48, 222, 319
Freud, Sigmund 312
Freybrücke, Berlin 33, 167
Friedenstempel synagogue, Berlin 81
Friedrich III, German Emperor 16
Friedrich Wilhelm University, Berlin 16, 36, 70–1
Friedrichstrasse, Berlin 163
Fritz (radio station) 324
Fromm, Bella 71
Fuhrmann, Dietmar 241
Fuhrmann, Ella 199, 207–11, 214–15, 216, 221–2, 227, 241, 242, 315
1951 death of Erich 207; 1952 moves into lake house 199, 207–8; 1953 Lothar’s confirmation ceremony 210
1958 Kühne family arrive to share lake house 216, 221–2; 1965 moves to Rehsprung 241; Fuhrmann, Erich 186, 207; Fuhrmann, Heideraud 207, 210, 215, 221; Fuhrmann, Lothar 186, 199, 207–11, 214–15, 221, 227, 230, 238–41, 246–7, 315, 347; 1948 Berlin Airlift 186; 1952 moves into lake house 207–9, 221; 1953 confirmation ceremony 210–11; 1959 works for KLF company 227; 1962 starts dating Sieglinde Bartel 238–9; 1963 marries Sieglinde; birth of Dietmar 239–41, 347; 1965 birth of Sabine; moves to Rehsprung 241
Fuhrmann, Sabine 241
Fuhrmann, Sieglinde 238–41, 246–7, 347
Furtwängler, Wilhelm 177
G
Gatow airfield 90–1, 130, 132, 151, 155, 156, 161–2, 165, 184–7, 185, 190, 249, 259–61, 280, 297, 316–17
Geheimer Informator (GI) 219–21, 281
Geisterbahnhöfe (ghost stations) 214
Gemeinde (parish council) 175, 215, 240, 241, 267, 278
Generation Game, The 256
Gerber, Betty 313
Gerber, Rolf 93, 94, 97, 312
Gerber, Ruth 312
Gerdner, Herr 226
German Army 17, 25, 39, 130, 131, 156, 142; Fifth Army 25; Life Hussar Regiment, 1st (Death’s Head Hussars) 17; Tank Regiment, 67th 130, 131, 156
German Audit Committee 171, 177
German citizens (Reichsbürger) 98
German Democratic Republic (GDR) see Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)
German Nationalist People’s Party (DNVP) 76
German Shepherds 235–6, 296, 338
German Song Contest 303
German Workers Party (DAP) 68
Germany
1812 Prussia passes Jewish emancipation law 67; 1842 Hanover passes Jewish emancipation law 67; 1848 March Revolution 191; 1871 foundation of German Empire 15, 29, 67; 1914 outbreak of First World War 24, 39; 1916 German military conducts count of Jews in ranks 67; Battle of Verdun 25; 1917 Third Battle of Ypres 113; 1918 armistice; end of First World War 27; abdication of Wilhelm II 27, 65; Social Democrat Party forms provisional government 27–8; establishment of Stahlhelm Bund der Frontsoldaten 64–5; 1919 Spartakus uprising 28; foundation of German Workers Party (later Nazi Party) 68; national assembly convenes in Weimar 28; Treaty of Versailles 29, 68, 88, 91; street fighting in Berlin, unrest in Potsdam, Hamburg and Frankfurt 29, 31; proclamation of Munich Soviet Republic 29; 1920 Kapp Putsch 29; general strike 29; 1921 Adolf Hitler elected leader of Nazi Party 68; 1923 hyperinflation reaches zenith 30; first radio station opens in Berlin 116; 1925 presidential election 65; 1929 Wall Street Crash; economic crisis 67–8; 1930 federal election 69; 1932 federal elections 72–3; 1933 Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor 74, 148, 178; Reichstag fire 75; federal election 74, 75–6; Potsdam Rally 76, 163; Enabling Act 77; boycott of Jewish businesses 77–80, 78, 100; Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service 80, 96, 148; law restricting numbers of Jewish students passed 80; Joseph Goebbels appointed Minister for People’s Enlightenment and Propaganda 117; Stahlhelm organisation joins Nazi Party 74; Labour Day rally at Tempelhof airport 117–18; Law for the Revocation of Citizenship 133; law barring Jews from journalism passed 83; 1934 law passed restricting private alcohol production 88; Night of the Long Knives 87–8, 89; death of Paul von Hindenburg 95; 1935 Nuremberg Rally 98; Nuremberg Laws 98–100, 149–50, 181; Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour 98; Reich Citizenship Law 98; opening of Berlin-Gatow airfield 90; 1936 Winter Olympic Games 127; Luftwaffe Day 91; Summer Olympic Games 101–2, 159; Germans who marry Jews threatened with dismissal from jobs 111; decree forbids Jewish teachers from tutoring Aryan children 111; last Jewish department store ‘aryanised’ 111; 1937 Jewish-owned employment agencies shut down 111–12; Reinhard Heydrich ordered to speed up Jewish emigration 112; 1938 Kristallnacht 127–8, 179; Ausbürgerungslisten published; properties seized 129–30; invasion of Poland; outbreak of Second World War 131–2; 1940 British air attack on Berlin 136; 1941 invasion of Soviet Union 136; British air attack on Berlin 136; 1942 Wannsee Conference 134–5; Bristol Blenheim bomber shot down over Groß Glienicke 137; Joseph Goebbels supports Mein Herz für Sylvia operetta 139; 1943 Joseph Goebbels orders evacuation Berlin’s non-essential population 141; SS deport Jewish factory workers in Berlin for extermination 109–10; Herbert Würzburg and Harry Waldau transported to Auschwitz 179; Königin einer Nacht opens at Metropol Theater 143–4; Edition Meisel storage facilities hit by Allied bomb 144; Battle of Berlin (air) 144–5, 151; 1944 Metropol Theater hit by Allied bomb 145; Joseph Goebbels declares Berlin theatres closed 145; formation of Volkssturm 145, 181; Allied bombing raids on Berlin 151–3; 1945 Soviet encirclement of Berlin 154; US and Britain capture Cologne, Frankfurt and Düsseldorf 154; Allied bombing raids on Berlin 154–5; Soviet fighter jets attack Groß Glienicke 155; Battle of Berlin 156–9, 163; Soviet troops take Groß Glienicke; women raped 156–9; Adolf Hitler commits suicide 158; Helmuth Weidling surrenders Berlin to Vasily Chuikov 158–9; unconditional surrender to Allies 159; Soviets arrest suspected war criminals in Groß Glienicke 159–60; ‘Staging Post 19’ sets out for Berlin; takes Gatow airfield 161–2; Winston Churchill and Harry S. Truman tour Berlin 162–3; Potsdam Conference; partition of country 163–5, 269; Soviet Military Administration implement land reform in East Germany 166; schloss at Groß Glienicke burns down 167; denazification process begins; Fragebogen delivered 172–3; Belsen Trial 172; Nuremberg Trials begin 164, 172; 1946 Soviets rebuild Metropol Theater in Berlin 171, 173; denazification trial of Wilhelm Furtwängler 177; 1948 initialisation of new denazification cases halted 176; denazification trial of Wilhelm Meisel 177–83; Berlin Blockade begins 183, 184–7; 1949 end of Berlin Blockade 190; foundation of West Germany 191; foundation of Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR) 192; string of murders around Groß Glienicke 192–6; mass migration from DDR to West Germany begins 198; 1950 creation of Stasi in DDR 218; arrest of Leopold Bauer 196–7; 1951 mass migration from DDR to West Germany continues 199; 1952 trial of Leopold Bauer 197; DDR closes Berlin border 199; 1953 ‘Measures for the Recovery of the Political Situation in the DDR’ 211; death of Joseph Stalin; power struggle in DDR 211–12; protests erupt across DDR 212–13, 219; 1956 foundation of National People’s Army (NVA) in DDR 279; 1959 Groß Glienicke Lake becomes polluted 227–8; 1961 construction of Berlin Wall begins 231–4; 1962 military conscription introduced in DDR 279; US and Soviets swap intelligence agents at Berlin border crossing 258; Wilhelm Meisel awarded Federal Cross of Merit 302; 1963 John F. Kennedy makes state visit to West Germany 249; defection of Brian Patchett to DDR 259–61; 1964 UK and Soviets swap intelligence agents at Berlin border crossing 258–9; Wilhelm Meisel presented with Paul Lincke Ring 302; 1965 Queen Elizabeth II makes state visit to West Germany 249–51; 1968 German Song Contest 303; 1969 Willy Brandt elected chancellor of West Germany 269; Przewalski’s horses declared extinct in wild 343; 1970 Treaties of Moscow and Warsaw 269; Munk property burns down in Groß Glienicke 266–7, 305; 1972 Treaties of Moscow and Warsaw ratified 269; Basic Treaty 269; 1973 DDR and West Germany accepted as permanent members of UN 269; 1980 murder of Ulrich Ste
inhauer 288–9; 1988 men drive truck through barrier at Glienicke Bridge border crossing 289; 1989 DDR celebrates fortieth anniversary 291–2; protests in Leipzig 292–3; Egon Krenz replaces Erich Honecker as DDR leader 293; protests spread across DDR 293; East Germans seek asylum at West Germany embassy in Prague 293; Günter Schabowski announces easing of DDR travel restrictions 293–4; mass border crossing at Berlin Wall; demolition begins 294–7; new border crossing opens at Groß Glienicke 297–300, 298; Badewiese bar in Groß Glienicke burns down 308; 1990 reunification treaty 309; federal election 310; 1991 demolition of Berlin Wall section at Groß Glienicke 306; 1994 Peter Kaminski becomes mayor of Groß Glienicke 310; Soviet forces begin withdrawal from Berlin 316; end of British rule at Gatow airfield 316–7; clean up of Groß Glienicke Lake 342–3; 2008 European bison and Przewalski’s horses were released around Groß Glienicke 343; 2014 ‘Clean-up Day’ at Groß Glienicke lake house 331, 346–51, 348; Potsdam legislature makes resolution to preserve ‘Alexander Haus’ 350–1
Gestapo 100, 129–30, 134, 139, 143, 146, 150, 151, 162, 180, 189
ghost stations (Geisterbahnhöfe) 214
Giesebrechtstraße, Berlin 167
Giotto 16
Glienicke Bridge checkpoint 289, 297
Goebbels, Joseph 77, 78, 117–18, 136, 139, 140, 141, 144, 145
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 71, 72
Goldstrom, Dr 103, 112, 126, 129
Goodbye to Berlin 58
Gorbachev, Mikhail 292
Göring, Hermann 88, 90, 91, 112, 144, 172
Gothaer 23
Green movement 342
Greiner, Martha 193
Grenzgebiet (border security zone) 236, 252, 255, 265, 270, 272, 276, 277, 279, 284
Grojel, Otto 61
Groß Glienicke 14–15; air-raid sirens 132, 137, 151, 152, 155; air-raid shelters 151; Am Gutstor 318; anniversary celebrations 257; anti-aircraft guns 137; Badewiese bar 127, 138, 238–9, 276–7, 283, 291, 308; Bayerstraße 281; bakery 152; and Berlin Wall 231–7, 246, 252–7, 265–6, 277, 279, 287–90, 294–300, 301, 306, 309–10, 312, 343–4, 349; border fence 208; border patrol regiment 208, 209, 217, 219, 221, 236, 239, 253–4, 257, 265–6, 288, 290, 291, 294–7, 341; butcher’s 31–2, 84, 152; Carnival Club 283; church 20, 26, 31, 33, 50, 210, 252, 275, 320; community centre 349; dairy shop 31, 84, 152; Dorfstraße 14, 141, 236, 252, 253, 271; Drei Linden Gasthof (Three Lime Trees Inn) 14, 20, 31, 66, 89, 102, 108, 132, 137, 138, 142, 152, 155, 225, 229, 257, 264, 265, 278, 279, 283, 323; Exner café 108; Festival of Freedom’ 291–2; Gatow airfield 90–1, 130, 132, 151, 155, 156, 161–2, 165, 184–7, 185, 190, 249, 259–61, 280, 297, 316–17, 329; Gemeinde (parish council) 175, 215, 240, 241, 267, 278; Handelsorganisation 264–5, 308; Hechtsprung bar see Badewiese bar; kebab shop 323, 326; Konsum Shop 264, 308; Kristallnacht attacks 127–8; Kurt-Fischer-Straße 317; and land reform 166, 175, 345; Ludwig’s Restaurant 290, 355; Max Reimann factory 276, 308; military encampments 130; murders 192–6; population 343–4; post office 271–2; Potsdamer Chaussee 20, 33, 62, 66, 102, 107, 236, 252, 264, 277, 291; Potsdamer Tor 1, 18, 20, 33, 34, 53, 62, 62, 66, 102, 138, 152, 165, 167, 185–6, 210, 236, 239, 252, 263; Potsdamer Tor 265, 270, 274, 277, 305, 308, 340; Rehsprung 241; and reunification 308–10, 317–18; Sacrower Allee 152, 318; schloss (manor house) 14, 19, 20, 26, 35, 62, 63, 66, 83, 87, 91, 130, 137, 143, 152, 166–7, 186, 211; school 50, 132, 141–2, 252–4, 255, 273, 322; Seepromenade 127, 240, 279, 283; Spandau Tor 165; and Stahlhelm brigade 66–7, 89–90, 127; street names 318; Ulrich Steinhauer Strasse 289; water plant 213; Wilhelm-Pieck-Straße 264, 318; windmill 137; and World War I 25; and World War II 131, 132, 137, 151–3, 154–60
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