Communist demonstrators in front of the New City Hall in the Soviet Sector of the city, 26 August 1948. The demonstrator's signs demand a uniform currency and administration, the withdrawal of occupation forces from Berlin and Germany, the end of "bankrupt Magistrate," and a unified Germany.

The City Council meeting at the Berlin Technical University in the British Sector, 6 September 1948. Carl Huber Schwennicke of the LPD is at the podium, Otto Suhr is seated at the center of the table to his right. Ernst Reuter is sitting at the far right in a light grey suit and bow tie with Ferdinand Friedensburg at his right.