11. In the fall of 1948, the square saw a huge demonstration protesting against the Berlin blockade . 12. NOTE : Captain Kenneth Herman was 25 years old when Joseph Stalin began the Berlin blockade . 13. Speed up 3 years to the Berlin blockade , June 22, 1948 and that is where I am. 14. In the wake of the Berlin Blockade , the Cold War in Vienna took on a different dynamic. 15. During the Berlin Blockade , which endured from June 1948 to May 1949, the Soviet checkpoint was closed. 16. During the Berlin Blockade in 1948, traffic decreased significantly, but did not come to a complete standstill. 17. During the Berlin Blockade RAF Fassberg played an important role as a hub for supplying the city. 18. The cold war was intensifying; the Americans had instituted a currency reform and the Berlin blockade was on. 19. He interpreted for Field Marshal Montgomery in 1948 at crisis meetings at the Kremlin during the Berlin Blockade . 20. He accepted the post during the height of tensions over the Berlin Blockade imposed by the Soviet Union.