Behind the Berlin Wall

Download or Read eBook Behind the Berlin Wall PDF written by Patrick Major and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Behind the Berlin Wall
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9780199243280
ISBN-13 : 019924328X
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Book Synopsis Behind the Berlin Wall by : Patrick Major

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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