The Great Red Wall
Tags: BERLIN Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989; ULBRICHT, Walter, 1893-1973; BOUNDARIES
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- The Architecture and Message of the "Wall," 1961-1989. Schmidt, Leo // German Politics & Society;8/15/2011, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p57
The Berlin Wall was built three times: in 1961, in the mid 1960s, and again from the mid 1970s onwards. This article attempts to interpret each manifestation as political architecture providing insights into the mindset and intentions of those who built it. Each phase of the Wall had a different...
- What Is at Stake in Berlin? Halle, Louis J. // New Republic;7/9/62, Vol. 147 Issue 2, p13
The article discusses the Berlin issue. Claim that the Berlin issue stands in the way of armistice in the Cold War; Evolution of the Berlin issue since its emergence in 1948-49; View that the objective of the Soviet Union in the Berlin issue is to gain legitimacy for the government of Walter...
- The Berlin Wall after Fifty Years: Introduction. Harrison, Hope M. // German Politics & Society;8/15/2011, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p1
An introduction to the issue is presented that explores the history and social impact of the Berlin Wall.
- On Edge: Building the Border in East and West Germany. Sheffer, Edith // Central European History (Cambridge University Press / UK);Jun2007, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p307
The article focuses on the construction of the border in East and West Germany. The inter-German border was created in 1945. The early border was fenced, but in the wake of National Socialism's "Thousand Year Reich" Germans on both sides accepted and enforced is against each other. The...
- Border Fence Is Legitimate Self-Defense. Jeffrey, Terence P. // Human Events;3/13/2006, Vol. 62 Issue 9, p5
The article reports on the reaction of Roman Catholic Archbishop Michael Sheehan on the decision of the U.S. House of Representatives to build 700 miles of double fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border. Sheehan thinks that the decision is hostile. He likened the fence to the Berlin Wall in Germany....
- European Expansion or Putin Expansion? Bobinski, Krzystof // New Presence: The Prague Journal of Central European Affairs;Spring2008, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p3
The article reports that the question of Europe's borders has become the subject of debate in the European Union. The collapse of the Berlin Wall forced European Commission officials to consult atlases to find places about which they knew little. At stake in the debate about the enlargement of...
- Land of Immigrants, Building a Fence: The U.S./Mexico Border Fence, the Berlin Wall, and the Making of the Other. Martinez, Clint // Conference Papers -- National Communication Association;2009, p1
This is a journey on the continuum of finding a home. A comparison of the rhetorics surrounding the building of the Berlin and US/Mexico walls uncovers the journey of immigration. This paper explores lessons learned from the Berlin Wall and compares them with current attitudes about US/Mexico...
- The Berlin Wall and the Battle for Legitimacy in Divided Germany. Ahonen, Pertti // German Politics & Society;8/15/2011, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p40
The Berlin Wall was a key site of contestation between the Federal Republic and the German Democratic Republic in their Cold War struggle over political legitimacy. On both sides, the Wall became a tool in intense publicity battles aimed at building legitimacy and collective identity at home,...
- Lessons from the Berlin Wall. Jones, Reece // Ubique;Sep2011, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p4
In this article the author discusses the lessons that can be learned from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. He explores the new border walls built by leading democracies after the World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall, such as by the U.S., the European Union, and India to prevent...
