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 updates. As soon as Germans unloaded the last bit of cargo, th

Answer 1

She recalls being terrified of a Soviet takeover because of past brutal treatment in 1945 and felt the city's survival depended on the Allies; she then describes relief and awe as the Berlin Airlift began, with planes arriving around the clock carrying vital supplies. Her point of view is a personal, first‑person eyewitness perspective—emotional and grateful to the Allied crews while clearly hostile toward the Soviets.