Egon Bahr über die Nachkriegszeit 1945 - 1949 (2/2)

In this second part of the 1994 interview with Egon Bahr, he discusses the fact that few Germans were interested in the Nuremberg Trials, the feeling of liberation and the energies released by it, the daily rations of three cigarettes he received from the Americans, the collapse of the Munich Conference and its significance for the subsequent division of Germany, the economic upswing in the western part, and West Germany's acceptance of the division. He also discusses the role of Ludwig Erhard in the currency reform of 1948, Kurt Schumacher, and Konrad Adenauer. 8:00 PM The famine winter of 1946/47 is only briefly touched upon. Egon Bahr, who lived in Tempelhof at the time and whose sleep was not disturbed by the planes taking off and landing, also remembers the Berlin Airlift. He talks about Ernst Reuter and General Clay and how crucial it was that the Americans did not leave Berlin. The interview was conducted by Michael Kloft.