On June 5, 1975, in the midde of the Cold War, David Rockefeller visited East Berlin. His visit was meticulously planned: Nothing was to go wrong when the chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the third largest bank in the world, and brother of US-American Vice President Nelson Rockefeller came to the GDR.
How can we understand Rockefeller’s visit and the effort of the GDR’s leadership to accommodate him?
HCA Graduate BlogAn American Banker in East Berlin – David Rockefeller’s Trip to Socialist Germanyby Marcus Dietrich June 5, 1975, was meticulously planned. After his arrival at Berlin-Schönefeld airport at 16:30, the honored guest...