European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 yanks meet russians at Potsdam castles thesus by Norbert Ehrenfreund staff correspondent photos by Willy elate of and rus soldiers become fellow tourists once a week at the castles of 12 Miles from every sunday the Berlin military Post conducts what is perhaps the Only Castle tour that americans can make inside the russian russian Many of whom Are stationed in and around visit the castles at the same but the american group is warned beforehand against taking any pictures of them or their installations in the the Potsdam tour is especially arranged by special services through the Amer to preserve visitors to sans sonet must Wear Felt overshoes f suns embellish the elaborate Garden House right of the castles vast Art treasures above Date Back to Frederick the who built sans soul Castle which houses sans Souci castles and they remained the Royal residence for prussian and German emperors until the last of Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated in Hitler and Hindenburg met at Potsdam in 1933 to create the third German and then in 1945 president Generalissimo Joseph and prime like a Cave than a the in is lined with Topaz and Sapphire stones from a the part of one Wall is do with petrified american Wood i former president Theodore gave to Kaiser Wilhelm during a Germany in ican Liaison officer in and cameras May be carried As Long As they Are used for the castles civil ians and their guests can go on the tour As Long As their names Are submitted by the preceding All names and identification numbers must be handed in to the special serv ices Tours Section at building room Telephone the names main dining room above in Fredericks statue loaded new Palace right is Galaxy of the Crystal Hung with Soncs and crystals from All Over the ministers Winston Churchill and after the 1945 election Clement Attlee assembled at Potsdam Marble Palace to sign the agreement to govern the occupation of the tour goes through two the first is the new which Frederick the great built As a Symbol of prussian and the second is sans Souci which he ordered As a dream of Beauty and life without the Marble where the Potsdam agreement was is not part of the is now a recreation Center for russian troops and off limits to the american the new Palace has 300 rooms and More than statues and figurines lining its outer the Story goes that Frederick built it because of rumours among neighbouring Kings that Prussia statuary is scattered through Only a few Hundred Yards As the new Palace is the More Castle of sans Souci without its terraced High Foi and Flower sans Souci has dubbed the jewel of North Johann Sebastian Bach often the harpsichord at sans Souci visits with and the str ment is still in the music the French philosopher Voltaire and worked at sans Souci for 1 Voltaire finally became Dis i with Fredericks autocratic ideas walked out on the prussian Monarch was so that he ordered Voltaire room n rated with pictures and carving jabbering monkeys and the Way it looks have to be turned in Early because the soviet military administration in Berlin wants to Check them before the tour for the past 200 the Fate of Ger Many has been practically shaped at in the 18th Frederick the the prussian built was too poor to equip a Strong Frederick reportedly spent enormous sums on the Palace just to show his enemies How much wealth he had in All the lumber for the Castle was imported from the outstanding feature of the new Palace k the Shell which looks More