TITLE

Dancing on the Berlin Wall

AUTHOR(S)

Schorr, Daniel

PUB. DATE

September 2009

SOURCE

New Leader;Sep/Oct2009, Vol. 92 Issue 5, p4

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of witnessing the closing of the border between the eastern and western parts of Berlin, Germany, which is known as the Berlin Wall.

ACCESSION #

56525301

Tags: FIRST person narrative;  BERLIN Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989

 

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