West Berlin

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Cold War polity enclave political territory

West Berlin was the Western-aligned, enclave-like portion of Berlin surrounded by East Germany during the Cold War, symbolizing resistance to Soviet pressure and the division of Germany.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
West Berlin canonical	103
Berlin	6
Land Berlin (West)	2
former West Berlin	2
Allied-occupied Berlin	1
Berlin (West) city government	1
Berlin-West	1
French sector of Berlin	1
West Berlin (partly)	1
West Berlin government	1
West Berlin, West Germany	1
Western sectors of Berlin	1
western Berlin	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War polity ⓘ enclave ⓘ political territory ⓘ
airliftOrganizedBy	French Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ
alignedWith	France ⓘ NATO ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Western Allies
blockadedIn	Berlin Blockade ⓘ
blockadeEndTime	1949-05-12 ⓘ
blockadeStartTime	1948-06-24 ⓘ
borderedBy	Brandenburg ⓘ surface form: Brandenburg (GDR) East Berlin ⓘ
capital	West Berlin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Berlin (West) city government
country	Germany ⓘ
countryDuringExistence	West Germany ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
currency	Deutsche Mark ⓘ
deFactoCapital	West Berlin self-link ⓘ
endTime	1990-10-03 ⓘ
governedBy	Senate of Berlin (West) ⓘ
hadSpecialStatusIn	West Germany ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
headOfGovernment	Governing Mayor of West Berlin ⓘ
historicalEra	Cold War ⓘ
integratedInto	Berlin ⓘ
integrationDate	1990-10-03 ⓘ
knownFor	frontline city of the Cold War ⓘ island of democracy inside the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
legalStatus	under Four-Power rights and responsibilities ⓘ
locatedIn	Berlin ⓘ Central Europe ⓘ Europe ⓘ NATO ⓘ surface form: Western Bloc
notPartOf	East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic (legally)
occupationZones	American sector of Berlin ⓘ British sector of Berlin ⓘ West Berlin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: French sector of Berlin
opposedTo	Eastern Bloc regimes ⓘ surface form: Eastern Bloc Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf	Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ surface form: Allied-occupied Germany West Germany ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Germany (politically)
populationPeakApprox	2,200,000 ⓘ
separatedBy	Berlin Wall ⓘ
separatedFrom	East Berlin ⓘ East Germany ⓘ
startTime	1949-05-23 ⓘ
suppliedBy	Berlin Airlift ⓘ
surroundedBy	East Germany ⓘ East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic
symbolOf	Cold War confrontation ⓘ division of Germany ⓘ resistance to Soviet pressure ⓘ

Referenced by (122)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Berlin Airlift → tookPlaceIn → West Berlin ⓘ

Allied occupation of Germany → hasPart → West Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied-occupied Berlin

Allied occupation of Germany → appliesToJurisdiction → West Berlin ⓘ

Ich bin ein Berliner speech → location → West Berlin ⓘ

Berlin Blockade → location → West Berlin ⓘ

Luftbrücke → location → West Berlin ⓘ

Deutsche Mark → usedIn → West Berlin ⓘ

West Berlin → capital → West Berlin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin (West) city government

West Berlin → deFactoCapital → West Berlin self-link ⓘ

West Berlin → occupationZones → West Berlin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: French sector of Berlin

Kennedy's European tour of 1963 → hasParticipant → West Berlin ⓘ

Kennedy's European tour of 1963 → hasLocation → West Berlin ⓘ

Berlin Wall → separated → West Berlin ⓘ

Berlin Wall → borderWith → West Berlin ⓘ

Gatow Airfield → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → West Berlin ⓘ

Rudolf Hess → placeOfDetention → West Berlin ⓘ

DM → becameCurrencyOf → West Berlin ⓘ

subject surface form: Deutsche Mark

Schöneberg → locatedInFormerCountry → West Berlin ⓘ

Steglitz-Zehlendorf → partOf → West Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: former West Berlin

Operation Vittles → location → West Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin

Senate of Berlin (West) → country → West Berlin ⓘ

Senate of Berlin (West) → appliesToJurisdiction → West Berlin ⓘ

Senate of Berlin (West) → location → West Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin

Senate of Berlin (West) → hasCapital → West Berlin ⓘ

Tempelhof Airport → locatedIn → West Berlin ⓘ

Governing Mayor of West Berlin → country → West Berlin ⓘ

Governing Mayor of West Berlin → appliesToJurisdiction → West Berlin ⓘ

Governing Mayor of West Berlin → residence → West Berlin ⓘ

Governing Mayor of West Berlin → officeCreatedFor → West Berlin ⓘ

Governing Mayor of West Berlin → headOfGovernmentOf → West Berlin ⓘ

Governing Mayor of West Berlin → positionHeldIn → West Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin

Governing Mayor of West Berlin → capitalOfJurisdiction → West Berlin ⓘ

East Berlin → borderedBy → West Berlin ⓘ

East Berlin → separatedFrom → West Berlin ⓘ

East Berlin → reintegratedWith → West Berlin ⓘ

American sector of Berlin → partOf → West Berlin ⓘ

American sector of Berlin → locatedIn → West Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin

American sector of Berlin → capital → West Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin

John F. Kennedy "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech → location → West Berlin ⓘ

Checkpoint Charlie → separated → West Berlin ⓘ

Checkpoint Charlie → borderBetween → West Berlin ⓘ

Bornholmer Strasse crossing → country → West Berlin ⓘ

Bornholmer Strasse crossing → borderBetween → West Berlin ⓘ

Bornholmer Strasse crossing → region → West Berlin ⓘ

Glienicke Bridge, Berlin → wasOnBorderOf → West Berlin ⓘ

subject surface form: Glienicke Bridge

East Side Gallery → followsFormerBorderBetween → West Berlin ⓘ

British sector of Berlin → partOf → West Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western sectors of Berlin