The long path to the Berlin Wall began in 1945, when Josef Stalin instructed the Communist Party to take power in the Soviet occupation zone while the three Wes

The Berlin Wall was the symbol of the Cold War. For the first time, this path-breaking book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the communists' decision to bui

"Lets readers experience life behind the Berlin wall, choosing different paths to take through history"--

A revelatory history of the commemoration of the Berlin Wall and its significance in defining contemporary German national identity.

A symbol of freedom, of the human strength of will and a relic of the Cold War. Countless pieces of the Berlin Wall were scattered around the globe after the Wa