I made that mistake myself... in 1961, the Russians were building
the Berlin Wall, and kind of menacing traffic to and from West
Berlin. Parallels to the 1948 blockade were drawn, and newsreel
photos of the 1948 airlift were shown. Not having witnessed the
events of 1948, I thought the airlift was happening in 1961.
1961 was when JFK called himself a pastry ("Ich bin ein Berliner!")
in his speech of support in West Berlin. German, like other
languages, can be idiomatic. "Berliner" would normally have
referred to one who lives in Berlin; but since a "Berliner" is a
particular pastry item, it happened to have an unexpected meaning!
Still, the people of West Berlin appreciated his message.
Bacon, WA3WDR
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>
> >The other error I noticed is that the author talks about the
Berlin Airlift
> >taking place in 1961--oops--it was actually 1948.
> >
>
> I betcha he got the date confused with the summer of 1961.
Wasn't that
> when the Berlin Wall went up?
>
> I have a copy of the book, but I'm afraid I don't want to part
with mine.
>
> Don K4KYV
>
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