Allied Kommandatura

The Allied Command (Original Title: Allied Kommandatura, originally: Inter-Allied Military Command; Russian: Komendatura ) was the organ with which the four occupying powers, the U.S., Britain, France and the Soviet Union after the Second World War, exercised control of Greater Berlin. She was placed under the Allied Control Council, who acted in the same function for Germany.

In occupied Vienna, there was also an allied commander, who was placed under the Allied Commission for Austria.

History

Already in September 1944, Britain had, the U.S. and the Soviet Union agreed that there should be " a special Berlin area [ ... ] under joint occupation of the three powers " after the German unconditional surrender.

The Allied Command for Berlin became effective on July 11, 1945 together for the first time in the premises of the Soviet Central Command, after British and American troops were engaged in the conquered by the Soviet Union German capital. As of July 25, 1945, the headquarters moved to the American sector in Berlin- Dahlem, in which was built by Henry Straumer former headquarters of the Association of Public Fire Insurance. The Allied Command reigned there in the form of " arrangements at the Berlin Council and to the Mayor ". These arrangements had to be decided unanimously by the four commanders. Since these often could not agree on the confirmation of the election of Ernst Reuter as mayor were important arrangements, not taken such example.

The commander of the American, British, French on the one hand and on the other hand of the Soviet sector of Berlin talked connections via the mutual military liaison missions.

On June 16, 1948 drew from the Soviet representative Alexander Kotikov from the Allied Command. The Western officials said on December 21, 1948 that the Allied Command continued to exist and were symbolically in their deliberations a place for the Soviet representatives freely. Their decisions, however, they could only prevail in the three western sectors.

Was officially ends the activities of the Allied Command with the entry into force of the Two Plus Four Treaty in 1991. The building has been used since 1994 by the Free University of Berlin as the Presidential Office.