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East and West Germany is safeguarded at the instigation of the Soviet Military administration.
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Interzonenpass or Inter-zone passport is required to travel between the sectors in Germany.
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The Soviet Union begins the Berlin blockade.
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The United States begins the Berlin Airlift to keep Berlin supplied with food and fuel.
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End of the Berlin blockade
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Founding of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).
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End of the Berlin Airlift.
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East German leaders meet with Stalin in Moscow. At the meeting Stalin’s foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov proposes that the East Germans should “introduce a system of passes for visits of West Berlin residents to the territory of East Berlin.
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Border between East and West Germany and between East Germany and West Berlin is closed. Only the border between East and West Berlin is still opened.
