posted on October 22, 2003 10:50:46 PM new
Can anyone make out this name looks like Luftbruckendenkneal, Berlin (yahoo says nope lol) or know the landmark in picture ...thanks ! I have two different pictures the other is brandenburger gate...the guys n's look like u's (see the end of Berlin)
posted on October 23, 2003 06:49:46 AM new
Don't you just love some answers. That's one reason it never gets dull in here. I am surprised that tomwii or Ralphie haven't been around to drop a few quips. Those are always good for a chuckle.
posted on October 23, 2003 07:01:26 AM new
Try "Luftbrucken denkmal" on Google... The structure is still standing, evidently.
Maybe a Zepplin mooring tower? Luft means flight, Bruck is a bridge.
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posted on October 23, 2003 10:40:39 AM new
Thank you everyone ! I emailed it to a friend last night also and this is the history lesson I got back....you guys and girls are so good to get air and bridge out of it !
"Luftbruckendenkneal actually means Air-Bridge Memorial, and refers to when the USA flew food and medical supplies over the Russian Blockade in 1947 to Berlin, who was controlled at the time by our allies after WWII. (Russia had blocked the hi-ways going into Berlin, and it was called the "Russian Blockade." The Memorial is to the USA for helping Berlin, by flying all the goodies over the blocked roads."
posted on October 23, 2003 12:51:51 PM new
I worked with a guy that told me about his wife and inlaws in Berlin right after the war. He said that before the war his father-in-law was a very successful dentist and when the war broke out he was forced to join the German army as a top dentist and was even given the rank of general. He hated the war but was stuck. When the war ended before they knew it Berlin was divided in half and he and his family were on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. Determined not to be stuck in a police state again he carefully ploted his escape. He visited the famous Check Point Charlie and noticed that the gates that stopped the cars were about three feet off the ground. He bought a used sportscar and loaded his wife and their two very young children and drove off towrad the check point. As he neared the railroad crossing type gate he was instructed to slow down but gunned the engine instead and sped towards the rigid gate. The guards ran for cover and the front windshield sheared off and the guards fired a few shots but they made it out alive and soon relocated in the United States. Makes you think about how much we take freedom for granted.
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posted on October 23, 2003 03:18:02 PM new
I think the car was something like a convertible Sunbeam, a very small car. I think they put some thick metal plates in the back or trunk for possible gun shots but it was a no-no for the guards to fire into West Berlin. I'm certain that this occurred in the very early days of the checkpoints and that the East Germans soon fixed the problem of small cars running through the gates.
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The Memorial is to the USA for helping Berlin, by flying all the goodies over the blocked roads."