Behind the Berlin Wall

Author	: Patrick Major
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Total Pages	: 336
Release	: 2010
ISBN-10	: 9780199243280
ISBN-13	: 019924328X
Rating	: 4/5 (80 Downloads)

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Download or read book Behind the Berlin Wall written by Patrick Major and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 13 August 1961 eighteen million East Germans awoke to find themselves walled in by an edifice which was to become synonymous with the Cold War: the Berlin Wall. Patrick Major explores how the border closure affected ordinary East Germans, from workers and farmers to teenagers and even party members, 'caught out' by Sunday the Thirteenth.

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On 13 August 1961 eighteen million East Germans awoke to find themselves walled in by an edifice which was to become synonymous with the Cold War: the Berlin Wa