Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] West Berlin NOT an exclave/enclave?<br/>
Date: Nov 03, 2001 @ 09:48<br/>
Author: Manfred Haertel (Manfred Haertel &lt;Manfred.Haertel@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-2037074794">Hello!<br/>
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:anton_zeilinger@...">anton_zeilinger@...</a> wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; a german friend of mine once told me that technically speaking West<br/>
&gt; Berlin was NOT an exclave of the FRG in the GDR, as it was not West<br/>
&gt; German territory. According to him, it was politically speaking part<br/>
&gt; of the GDR, only administered by the western allies.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Well, he is right and he is not. ;-) After World War II, Berlin (whole<br/>
Berlin!) had a special status. West Berlin was *not* Part of the FRG de<br/>
jure, but de facto. Everybody could move between West Germany and West<br/>
Berlin as if it was one country.<br/>
<br/>
All West German laws were valid also in West Berlin except that the<br/>
citizens of West Berlin did not have to join the military (that&#39;s why<br/>
some West Germans moved to West Berlin...). But the parliament of West<br/>
Berlin had to approve every law decided by the West German parliament.<br/>
Also, the allies could disapprove the laws, but as far as I know this<br/>
never happened. The citizens of West Berlin did not participate in the<br/>
West German elections. Instead, the parliament of West Berlin sent some<br/>
persons to the West German parliament, they were allowed to speak there,<br/>
but not to vote... There were also different identity cards in West<br/>
Berlin.<br/>
<br/>
Until the early 70s I think there were similiar rules concering East<br/>
Berlin playing a special role inside the GDR.<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; This notion is supported by the fact that up to the building of the<br/>
&gt; Berlin wall there was a joint administration of the city.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>The joint administration ended already in 1948, while the wall was built<br/>
in 1961.<br/>
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Best regards<br/>
<br/>
-- <br/>
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