Canal View Room 7
...View at a Louis XVI Style DEMI LUNE Small Side Cupboard
from the 19th Century (bought at Sotheby's)
...from the former Redidence in Berlin (Haus Forstreuter)of General Lucius D.Clay and his successors Connolly amd Mc Cloy.
Numerous well-known people,such as the American PRESIDENT DWIGHT D.EISENHOWER were guests at this elegantly embellished villa.
Dwight David "Ike" EISENHOWER (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general in the United States Army. During the Second World War, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.[1]
GENERAL Lucius Dubignon CLAY, USA (April 23, 1897 – April 16, 1978) was an American officer and military governor best known for his administration of Germany immediately after World War II. Clay was deputy to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1945; deputy military governor, Germany (U.S.) 1946; commander in chief, U.S. Forces in Europe and military governor of the U.S. Zone, Germany, 1947–49. He retired in 1949.
Clay is considered the "father" of the BERLIN AIRLIFT 1948-49.