Question

How does this witness describe her experience? What is her point of view?

Describe your answer in two to three sentences.

We were so scared about what would happen if the Soviets took over the city. The Soviet army had treated us brutally when the war ended in 1945. Our very survival depended upon the Allies.

Only two days after the blockade started, the first planes began to arrive. They were full of coal, food, medical supplies, power plant machinery, soap, and paper. Airplanes took off every three minutes around the clock. Whenever a plane landed in Berlin, its crew stayed with it. A snack bar would roll up with food, and weather announcers arrived in jeeps with weather

Answer 1

The witness recalls intense fear of a Soviet takeover—remembering Soviet brutality in 1945—and says the city's survival depended on the Allies. She portrays the airlift as a miraculous, orderly lifeline, describing nonstop supply planes and the crews’ care with a tone of relief, gratitude, and amazement.