berlin wall, berlin, germany, 1961-1989

When the Berlin Wall went up, Gerta, her mother, and her brother Fritz are trapped on the eastern side where they were living, while her father, and her other brother Dominic are in the West--four years later, now twelve, Gerta sees her father on a viewing platform on the western side and realizes he wants her to risk her life trying to tunnel to freedom.

A graphic novel chronicling the lives of the author and illustrator's parents in East Germany, before the Berlin Wall fell, while the Socialist Unity Party of Germany was in power. Explores the hardships of life under communism and why the author's parents tried to leave and get into West Germany.

"Follows a small boy and his family as they try to reunite with his father after the Berlin Wall is built"--OCLC.

"... historian Mary Elise Sarotte shows that the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, was not, as is commonly believed, the East German government's deliberate concession to outside influence ... Drawing on evidence from archives in multiple countries and languages, along with dozens of interviews with key actors, 'The Collapse' is [an] ... account of the event that brought down the East German Politburo and came to represent the final collapse of the Cold War order"--Provided by publisher.

"After World War II Germany splits into two countries--the Communist German Democratic Republic in the east and the Federal Republic of Germany in the west. Its capital of Berlin is divided as well, but many people are leaving East Berlin for the freedom of the West. In 1961 East German leaders build a wall through the city to keep its people from escaping. Will you: Consider escaping from East Berlin soon after the wall is built? Serve as an East German guard at the wall? Join in the protests against the wall? Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to escape, imprisonment, or even death"--Provided by the publisher.

Provides an in depth examination of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany.

Offers a brief overview of the events surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall which divided Germany into communist and democratic states, and discusses the impact the wall's demolition had on world history and society.

Chronicles the adventures of Prince Esterhazy, a rabbit who goes to Berlin to find a bride and witnesses the destruction of the Berlin Wall.

Discusses events that led to the division of Germany in the wake of World War II, looks at life in the two Germanys, chronicles the closing of the border and the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 in an effort to quell the tide of people leaving East Germany, and examines the destruction of the wall after the fall of communism.

Documents the lives of ordinary citizens in East Berlin who awoke in 1961 to find a wall dividing them from their loved ones and freedom. Also chronicles the freedom movement that began in the Protestant Church, and the events that led to the destruction of the wall and the reunification of Germany.