berlin wall, berlin, germany, 1961-1989

Fourteen-year-old Freya, whose home has always been in East Germany, offers her view of the complex events leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Graphic novel about an East Berlin family who, after hearing U.S. President Kennedy speak of freedom, decides to escape across the wall into West Berlin.

Discusses the history of the Berlin Wall from its building, through life with tensions this barrier created, to the destruction of the wall and life afterwards.

Offers a brief overview of the events surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the impact its demolition had on world history and society.

A history of the much hated wall that for nearly thirty years divided Berlin and created two separate countries.

After her mother is killed while trying to escape across the Berlin Wall in April 1989, Hannah and her father become caught up in the movement to change the repressive regime in East Germany.

A collection of essays, mostly by U.S. foreign policy makers in the Reagan administration, examines the Reagan administration's contribution to the end of the Cold War, ten years after.

Provides an account of the Cold War, focusing on the construction and destruction of the Berlin Wall, which became a symbol of the conflict.

Presents a short study of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and discusses its history and why it was constructed, the Iron Curtain, and the collapse of the wall and Communism.