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Where did the Berlin Wall actually stand? Why was it built? How did people keep managing to escape across it - and how many died in the attempt? Why did it come down in the end? Numerous previously unknown photographs document the construction of this barrier system of barbed wire, alarm fences and concrete.
Spectacular escape stories and shocking deaths are chronicled here in words and images, as are the dramatic events surrounding the construction and the fall of the Wall. A stunning survey of the Berlin Wall - the central symbol of the Cold War.
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Hans-Hermann Hertle: Jahrgang 1955; Studium der Geschichte und Politikwissenschaft in Marburg und Berlin; Dr. phil.; wissenschaftlicher Publizist und Sozialforscher; 1985 - 1999 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Zentralinstitut für sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung an der Freien Universität Berlin; seit 1999 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam. Zahlreiche Buchveröffentlichungen zur Sozial- und Zeitgeschichte.
Summary
Where did the Berlin Wall actually stand? Why was it built? How did people keep managing to escape across it – and how many died in the attempt? Why did it come down in the end? Numerous previously unknown photographs document the construction of this barrier system of barbed wire, alarm fences and concrete.
Spectacular escape stories and shocking deaths are chronicled here in words and images, as are the dramatic events surrounding the construction and the fall of the Wall. A stunning survey of the Berlin Wall – the central symbol of the Cold War.
