Generals Montgomery, Eisenhower, Zhukov, de Lattre at signing of Berlin Declaration. Wikipedia photo.

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Declaration, with which the Allies formally assumed control of German territory, divided it into four sectors, and dissolved the Third Reich.

Among other things, Article 9 ordered that “all radio and telecommunication installations and other forms of wire or wireless communications, whether ashore or afloat, under German control, will cease transmission except as directed by the Allied Representatives.”

It appears that Berlin radio was already off the air.  While Berlin was still listed in the station list of the June 1945 issue of Radio Craft, it was absent from the July list.

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