THIS POWER POINT PRESENTATION CAN BE BEST DESCRIBED AS, PART RECOLLECTIONS AND A TRAVELOGUE BY A YOUNG 18-YEAR-OLD ON MY WEEKLONG VISIT TO BERLIN IN 1963, PLUS SOME SHORT DETAILS ON THE COLD WAR INCLDING ESCAPES TO THE WEST.

AFTER LEAVING SCHOOL I JOINED A 3 YEAR APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME RUN BY ROBERT BOSCH LTD. PART OF THE SCHEME INCLUDED A 6 MONTH WORK EXPERIENCE VISIT TO THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN STUTTGART. WHILST THERE I JOINED A NATIONWIDE CLUB FOR YOUNG FOREIGN WORKERS AND APPRENTICES; IT WAS THIS CLUB WHO ARRANGED THIS GUIDED VISIT TO BERLIN. THE GROUP CONSISTED OF APPRENTICES FROM OTHER TOWNS IN GERMANY AND FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

THE CLOSURE OF THE BORDERS AND BUILDING OF THE WALL BEGAN IN AUGUST 1961 AND WAS STILL HIGH ON EVERYBODIES MIND. WE HAD TOURS OF WEST AND EAST BERLIN AND ATTENDED A NUMBER OF ILLUSTRATED TALKS ABOUT THE WALL, THE POST WAR DEVELOPMENT IN WEST BERLIN AND VISITS TO SOME LESSER-KNOWN PARTS OF THE CITY AND SURROUNDING AREA. WE DID HAVE SOME FREE TIME TO EXPLORE AND I EXPERIENCED FOR THE FIRST TIME SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS VIBRANT CITY AS WELL AS THE FEELING OF BEING UNDER OBSERVATION WHILST IN EAST BERLIN.

THE PICTURES TO BE SHOWN ARE A COMBINATION OF MY PHOTOS, PICTURES FROM LEAFLETS ETC COLLECTED DURING MY VISIT AS WELL AS SOME DOWNLOADED IMAGES TO COVER THE COLD WAR ELEMENTS OF THE TALK.