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.

Aliases (9)

Berlin ×6
Allied-occupied Berlin ×1
Berlin (West) city government ×1
French sector of Berlin ×1
West Berlin (partly) ×1
West Berlin, West Germany ×1
Western sectors of Berlin ×1
former West 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 → Western Allies →
blockadedIn	Berlin Blockade →
blockadeEndTime	1949-05-12 →
blockadeStartTime	1948-06-24 →
borderedBy	Brandenburg (GDR) → East Berlin →
capital	Berlin (West) city government →
country	Germany →
countryDuringExistence	Federal Republic of Germany →
currency	Deutsche Mark →
deFactoCapital	West Berlin →
endTime	1990-10-03 →
governedBy	Senate of Berlin (West) →
hadSpecialStatusIn	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 → Western Bloc →
notPartOf	German Democratic Republic (legally) →
occupationZones	American sector of Berlin → British sector of Berlin → French sector of Berlin →
opposedTo	Eastern Bloc → Soviet Union →
partOf	Allied-occupied Germany → 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 → German Democratic Republic →
symbolOf	Cold War confrontation → division of Germany → resistance to Soviet pressure →

Referenced by (63)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Berlin Blockade → Ich bin ein Berliner speech → John F. Kennedy "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech → Luftbrücke → Operation Vittles → Operation Vittles ("Berlin") → Senate of Berlin (West) → Senate of Berlin (West) ("Berlin") → West Berlin Allied forces →	location
Allied occupation of Germany → British sector of Berlin → Governing Mayor of West Berlin → Senate of Berlin (West) →	appliesToJurisdiction
American sector of Berlin ("Berlin") → British sector of Berlin ("Berlin") → Charlottenburg ("western Berlin") → Tempelhof Airport →	locatedIn
American sector of Berlin → British sector of Berlin → British sector of Berlin ("Western sectors of Berlin") → Steglitz-Zehlendorf ("former West Berlin") →	partOf
Bornholmer Strasse crossing → Governing Mayor of West Berlin → Senate of Berlin (West) →	country
Bornholmer Strasse crossing → Checkpoint Charlie →	borderBetween
American sector of Berlin ("Berlin") → West Berlin ("Berlin (West) city government") →	capital
Berlin Wall → Checkpoint Charlie →	separated
Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971) →	appliesTo
Deutsche Mark →	becameCurrencyOf
East Berlin →	borderedBy
Berlin Wall →	borderWith
Governing Mayor of West Berlin →	capitalOfJurisdiction
West Berlin →	deFactoCapital
East Side Gallery →	followsFormerBorderBetween
Senate of Berlin (West) →	hasCapital
Kennedy's European tour of 1963 →	hasLocation
Allied occupation of Germany ("Allied-occupied Berlin") →	hasPart
Kennedy's European tour of 1963 →	hasParticipant
Governing Mayor of West Berlin →	headOfGovernmentOf
State of Berlin →	historicalPredecessor
Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin →	historicalSubunitOf
Berlin Crisis →	involvedCity
Gatow Airfield →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Schöneberg →	locatedInFormerCountry
Mitte, Berlin ("West Berlin (partly)") →	locatedInFormerPoliticalEntity
Bayerischer Platz →	locatedInHistoricalRegion
West Berlin ("French sector of Berlin") →	occupationZones
Governing Mayor of West Berlin →	officeCreatedFor
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff ("West Berlin, West Germany") →	placeOfDeath
Rudolf Hess →	placeOfDetention
Governing Mayor of West Berlin ("Berlin") →	positionHeldIn
Bornholmer Strasse crossing →	region
East Berlin →	reintegratedWith
Governing Mayor of West Berlin →	residence
East Berlin →	separatedFrom
Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971) →	signedIn
Berlin Airlift →	tookPlaceIn
Deutsche Mark →	usedIn
Glienicke Bridge →	wasOnBorderOf
Lorraine Broughton →	worksInLocation