Reporter's Notebook: The Story of a Lifetime
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- Reporter's Notebook: The Story of a Lifetime. Meyer, Michael; Pedersen, Daniel; Breslau, Karen; Nordland, Rod // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);11/22/99, Vol. 134 Issue 21, p22
Focuses on the November 9, 1989 events that led to the collapse of communism and the Berlin Wall in Germany. How mass civil disobedience opened the Iron Curtain and ended the cold war; The authors' account of East Germans passing through Checkpoint Charlie.
- WEST BERLIN. Kramer, Jane // New Yorker;12/7/1981, Vol. 57 Issue 42, p56
The article explores the history of the Berlin Wall and its significance to the life of the people living in both West and East Berlin, Germany. The people living in West Berlin has considered the wall as a fact of life and a freedom fortress from the East and Soviet communist power, while East...
- The Glow of Freedom. // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);11/22/99, Vol. 134 Issue 21, p20
Focuses on the celebration in Berlin, Germany marking the 10th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall and communism. The occasion as a time to remember the idea of German unification and the events of November 9, 1989; Presence of former United States President George Bush, Helmut Kohl,...
- The Glow of Freedom. // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);11/22/99, Vol. 134 Issue 21, p38
Focuses on the celebration in Berlin, Germany marking the 10th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall and communism. The occasion as a time to remember the idea of German unification and the events of November 9, 1989; Presence of former United States President George Bush, Helmut Kohl,...
- "Grasping the Spokes of the Wheel of History". Brayard, Florent // History & Memory;Spring/Summer2008, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p48
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the access to new archives previously kept secret by the Soviet Union, historians of Nazism have had a growing tendency to believe that the historical narrative should be based exclusively on archives and refrain from using eyewitness testimonies, which are...
- THE IDES OF AUGUST: THE BERLIN WALL CRISIS, 1961. Kimmich, Christoph; Despard, Lucy Edwards // Foreign Affairs;Spring79, Vol. 57 Issue 4, p956
The article presents an overview of the book The Ides of August: The Berlin Wall Crisis, 1961, by Curtis Cate.
- What Does the Wall Separate? Buckley Jr., W.M.F. // National Review;4/29/1983, Vol. 35 Issue 8, p516
The article argues that the Berlin Wall is a manifestation of an enduring humiliation to the Germans and the Communists. It compares the difficulties and challenges being faced by East and West Germans. It describes how the wall curtails the freedom of East Germans. It examines the reluctance of...
- The Reunification Chimera. Buckley Jr., W. M. F. // National Review;4/29/1983, Vol. 35 Issue 8, p517
The article reflects on the possibility of German unification as of 1983. It describes how the Teutonic inclination toward bullying is manifested in East Germany. It cites several psychic forms of intimidation adopted by German Communists to prevent the departure of East Germans to West Germany....
- The Berlin Wall. J. G. // GQ: Gentlemen's Quarterly;Oct2007, Vol. 77 Issue 10, p240
The article points out that the Berlin Wall is one of the things which have changed the lives of men since the 1950s. It is pointed out that the end of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, the subsequent end to the Cold War and the reunification of Germany are positive events, including the...
