Bayerischer Platz in the borough of Schöneberg, 1946 Foto by: Schöneberg Archiv			© sujet.design
			When, in the autumn of 1950, the sound of the Freedom Bell was heard for the first time in Berlin, there had been peace for just five years. These were difficult years for the residents of Berlin. Everyday life had to be re-organized in the urban quarters that had been destroyed. What is more, the disputes between the Victorious Powers the USA, France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union, in the post-war years led to confrontations which came to a head in the Berlin crisis. The Blockade by the Soviet Union of all transit routes between the western zones and the western sectors of Berlin was countered by the Western Powers with the Airlift: from June 1948 to the end of the Blockade on 12 May 1989, their aircraft delivered provisions, including coal, flour, dried potatoes or powdered milk for the roughly two million people in the western part of the city.
			Coal rationing for citizens Foto by: Landesbildstelle Berlin