Behind the Berlin Wall

East Germany and the Frontiers of Power

(Author) Patrick Major
Format: Paperback
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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 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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Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780199605101
Publish year:
2011
Publish date:
Jan. 27, 2011

Patrick Major

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