Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - He tino rongonui a Reuter mō tana tū i te wā o te Pakanga Makariri i Berlin. I te wā o te porotiti a te Soviet i Berlin
(1948/49), i tautokohia te taha hauauru o te taone nui e te rererangi rererangi o Berlin i whakatuhia e te Kawana o Amerika, Lucius D. Clay. Hei whakautu ki te whakawehi, me whakakotahi ngā tāngata o ngā wāhanga ki te uru. I noho a Ernst Reuter hei kaikorero me te kaiarahi, he tohu tohu mo te "Free" Berlin. He mea maumahara ko te korero a Reuter i mua o te whare Reichstag i tahuna i te 9 o Hepetema 1948, i te aroaro o te mano o te 300,000 i karanga ai ia ki te ao kia kaua e whakarere i Berlin. I roto i te pōtitanga i whakahaerehia i te taha ki te hauauru o Berlin e rua marama i muri mai, i hoatu e tona rongonui te SPD te wikitoria teitei ki te 64.5% i tutuki i tetahi rōpū i roto i te pōtitanga noa i Germany. I a ia e noho ana hei koromatua, i hangaia e ia he kawanatanga whakakotahitanga nui me nga roopu nui e rua e whai ake nei hei whakaatu i te kotahitanga o Berlin ki te Hauauru. Ko te karanga a Reuter ki te Uru i rangona. I whakaorangia e te waka rererangi te taone nui mai i te matekai, a ko Reuter anake te tuarua o nga kaitōrangapū Tiamana i muri i te pakanga (i muri o Konrad Adenauer) i whakauruhia ki runga i te taupoki o te maheni "Time". Ko tana taitara ko "Herr Berlin".