As you can see the races were organized by the ADAC and run on a route through the Western Sectors: Potsdamer Chausse - Wannsee - Zehlendorf West.
Besides the usual motorcycle classes each of the events contained a short sports car race, 1500 cc and 2000 cc in 1948 with 11 entries altogether and 1100 cc, 1500 cc and 2000 cc with 20 entries in 1949. These were run over 5 laps resulting in a total distance of 31.5 km.
A have to admit, that when I received them I frist did not believe my eyes. This is not only due to the fact, that I have never read or heard anything of these events so far, but is caused by the very dates at which the races had been scheduled.
For all those, who are perhaps not quite so familiar with the political situation in Germany in those days, I think my surprise will get clearer if I tell you, that the Berlin Airlift (as Adam says is the English expression for the Berliner Blockade) started on 24th June 1948 and lasted until 12th May 1949!
Here is what my history book tells about the situation in the three besieged West Berlin Sectors:
"At the beginning of the blockade Berlin had supply with food and coal for 45 days...
...US Air Commander Clay: 'Sir, what did you say? Did you REALLY ask whether the US AIr Force is able to fly COAL into Berlin?' ...
...on Saturday, 26th, the first food supply destined for the Berlin population arrived at the Tempelhof airfield, 80 tons in total...
...From 9th July onward also the Autobahn leading from West Germany to Berlin were closed by the Russians, Berlin now. On July 17th also the channel leading to West Berlin could not be passed any more. Berlin was cut off completely...
...On the 60th day of the siege the supply had reached a dimension, which made it clear, that the danger of starvation was turned down, but rations had to remain at a very low level: 1600 calories per person and day, consisting of dull and deydrated food...
...all public transport had to stall at 6 pm, street lights were reduced to one quarter and households were supplied with gas and electricity for only two hours every day. 4600 companies had to be closed down due to lack of coal. 150kg wood per household were reserved for the upcoming winter...
...the daily supply (for a population of 2 Million) consisted of 19 tons salt, 43 tons dehydrated milk, 64 tons fat, 85 tons sugar, 109 tons meat, 125 tons corn, 144 tons dry vegetables, 180 tons dried potatoes, 646 tons flour. In addition to these 1400 tons 3000 tons coal had to be flown in every day..."
So with this background in mind it is nearly unbelievable for me, that there has been a race in Berlin AFTER the blockade had already started!!! One could really expect the race to be cancelled in the early days of July. But there are manual notices in the programme which indicate, that it really happened! For example Franz Bumke in a MG is given as the winner of the 1948 race (1500 cc class)! And the 1949 event is called SECOND Interzone-Race of Berlin, so there must have been a first one!
And also the 1949 race has some strange facts. For example it seems again unbelievable to me, that there were even entries from the EIsenach factory (director Zimmermann and chief designer Gusatv Apel) for a race in the Western Sectors and only less than one month after the end of the blockade!
According to the notes the 1100 cc class was won by Emil Vorster and the 2 litre race went to Roland Mall, both of course from the newly founded FRG.The rest of the entries was a mixture of drivers from the West and the East, and of course also quite a number of "Berliners", which had their own political status then.
Summing this up I really have no explanation for how these races could be held under these circumstances and what were the further backgrounds. And of course I also do not know anything further than the naked facts given above. So I wait for your comments and perhaps there are even some people around here, who can tell me a little bit more!
wow that is news thanks 
And I don't recall having read about them myself, although I do posess quite a large collection of 1948/9 magazines!! :double 
. Was this the only meeting at Peine, or was there one in 1950 as well? Can someone provide a brief description of the car race & the circuit, or any results?
