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The Berlin Wall
An interactive presentation of the Berlin Wall. Images and information provides a good overview of why the wall was put up and why it eventually came down.
Other
The Fall of the Wall and the East German Police
This site evaluates the crucial period immediately following the fall of the Berlin Wall in the autumn of 1989. It examines the wall's effects on law enforcement and the role of the East German Police.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Revolution in Berlin
Revolution in Berlin is the story of the 40 days leading up to the fall of the wall told in a stunning timeline that includes an array of photographs and primary source documents.
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College: East German Communists and Origins of Berlin Blockade
Provides the well-documented text of the article "The East German Communists and the Origins of the Berlin Blockade Crisis" by Charles F. Pennacchio.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: John F. Kennedy's Remarks, Berlin [Pdf]
"John F. Kennedy: Remarks in the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin" is a one page persuasive speech delivered by JFK on June 26, 1963. In it he commended West Germany in its efforts to have a democratic government and berated the Communists...
PBS
Pbs: People Power
A personal interview from someone who was actually there at the historic event can tell so much more than a history book. Read an interview with a citizen of East Germany at the time of the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Freedom for Baltic States
Photographic exhibit showcases the Baltic graffiti on the Berlin Wall among others. The West Berlin side of the Wall became the "largest canvas in the world".
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Herbst 1989 Als Die Mauer Fiel
Explore this photographic online exhibit detailing the story behind the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Years of Change
A visual chronology of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War, in East Germany from diary excerpts, historical snippets, and photographs. The German Reunification period ran from 1989-1991.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Jfk Presidential Library and Museum: The Cold War in Berlin
Article explores the division of Germany and Berlin into two zones, East and West, and delves into President Kennedy's relationship with the Soviets during the Cold War. On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy delivered an explosive speech...
Curated OER
Berlin Wall Art
An extensive site that chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall and its impact on Germany and the world. Includes many photos, essays, maps, a timeline, and much more.
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa
Red Escolar: La Caida Del Muro De Berlin
In Spanish. Use this site to learn about the two sides to the Berlin Wall story.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Cold War Germany
Describes what happened to Germany at the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War, how it was divided into East and West Germany with the construction of the Berlin Wall. Western countries worked to rehabilitate their half of...
Curated OER
Berlin Wall Bernauer Str.
An extensive site that chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall and its impact on Germany and the world. Includes many photos, essays, maps, a timeline, and much more.
Curated OER
Berlin Wall 1961
An extensive site that chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall and its impact on Germany and the world. Includes many photos, essays, maps, a timeline, and much more.
Curated OER
Berlin Wall Brandenburg Gate
An extensive site that chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall and its impact on Germany and the world. Includes many photos, essays, maps, a timeline, and much more.
Library of Congress
Loc: Country Study: Germany, East (Former)
U.S. Government report on the history, society, economy and government of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from its establishment in 1949 until 1987, or two years before the fall of the Berlin Wall and four years before...
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Ronald Reagan: Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate
This is Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down the Wall" speech delivered on June 12, 1987, at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. It is offered in YouTube video, mp3 audio, and text. [4:52]
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: John F. Kennedy
The National Portait Gallery explores the actions of presidents during the Cold War. Here find President Kennedy's decisions during the Berlin Crisis, the building of the Berlin War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Watch a video of...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Visions of Division 1945 1989
Photographic account of the Cold War in Germany, from the Berlin blockade to the fall of the wall in 1989.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Great Escapes From East Germany
Describes a variety of unusual methods East Berliners used to try to escape over or through the Berlin Wall into West Germany.
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The Lost Border
Offers color photographs and images of the division between West and East Germany. Most images are of the Berlin Wall and military installations affecting social conditions.