ASIN: B09LV55B92
Publisher: Hourly History
Pages: 49
Discover the remarkable history of the Berlin Wall...Free BONUS Inside!For 28 years, the Berlin Wall was a symbol of communist oppression and tyranny. The barricade was built in August of 1961 to keep East German citizens from defecting to West Germany. Those who defied the authorities and attempted to defect paid with their lives in at least 140 cases. Nevertheless, more than 5,000 East Germans successfully defected to the West—a testament to the desperation they felt. They were willing to risk their lives for freedom, and they often did so in innovative ways, using such means as tunnels, aerial lines, and homemade hot air balloons.This book tells the story of the context in which the Berlin Wall was erected as shared Allied governance of Germany post-World War II quickly became divided between the two political ideologies of communism and capitalism. Those divisions would spark the ...
