Word: helmstedt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, at the Helmstedt checkpoint on the Autobahn to Berlin, 300 West German trucks were jammed up for six miles. The Russians were making token inspections which required 15 minutes for each truck, whether or not they actually examined the cargo...
...soldiers, with supplies for the U.S. garrison in Berlin, and announced that it would be sent through as a "training convoy." This show of force, decorated with doubletalk, was something the Russians could understand. They waved the convoy through, and simultaneously quickened the inspection rate of the trucks at Helmstedt to one every three minutes...
...pulled into Helmstedt, in the British zone, the city's brass band played a booming march of welcome. The townspeople waved and cheered. Over a loudspeaker came the voice of the stationmaster: "We heartily welcome the passengers on this first train out of Berlin. We want you to know how good we feel to be able to reunite our ties with all of you. May your journey be a pleasant...
...Helmstedt, main crossing point on the Soviet-British frontier, workmen and soldiers had hurriedly installed radio and telephone equipment, repainted border signs, clipped weeds at the sides of the long unused highway. The British announced that the first train would be for military passengers and correspondents. Later in the day, ten trainloads of coal and six of fresh potatoes and other goods would reach the city...
...rumor spread that the Russians had ordered railway employees to stand by for reopening of the line from Helmstedt to Berlin. The German supervisor of the line denied it. Another rumor had it that the Russians were beefing up their defenses in front of Germany's western zones. All semblance of four-power control of Berlin had ended on July i; the Russians finished the obsequies last week by hauling down their flag from the Kommandatura building, removing Uncle Joe Stalin's picture and withdrawing their sentry...