The Berlin Wall

It was Sunday 13th August, 1961.At 1.11 a.m. the East Berlin radio service interrupted their"Night-time Melodies" for a special announcement:"The governments of the States of the Warsaw Pact appeal to theparliament and government of the GDR and suggest that theyensure that the subversion against the countries of the SocialistBloc is effectively barred and that a reliable guard is set up aroundthe whole area of West Berlin."This pretentious declaration could only mean one thing:the sector border was to be closed and West Berlin sealed off.Using a wealth of fascinating photographs and documents, thisbook tells the full story of the Berlin Wall; from the first barbedwire barriers in August 1961 to the 3.6 metre "Fourth GenerationWall" and the electronic "High-Tech-Border" planned for thefuture. It describes the feelings and reactions of the people of Eastand West Berlin from the day the Wall went up until the eventsof 9th November 1989, which led to the collapse of what had beenthe most closely-guarded border in the world.