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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? Photographs document the construction of this barrier system of barbed wire, alarm fences and concrete. 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.
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The Berlin Wall story : biography of a monument, Hans-Hermann Hertle
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- Released
- 2011
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Hans-Hermann Hertle
- Publisher
- Ch. Links Verlag
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 3861536501
- ISBN13
- 9783861536505
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Berlin, Escape, Resistance, Statistics, Cold War, Relaxation, Occupation, Human Trafficking, End of War, Berlin Wall
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
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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? Photographs document the construction of this barrier system of barbed wire, alarm fences and concrete. 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.