Ode to freedom
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- NEGATIVE OFFSET. Vaughn, Mark // AutoWeek;11/30/2009, Vol. 59 Issue 24, p13
A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of being in Berlin, Germany, during the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
- When the wall came down... Kamphausen, Roy D. // Military Intelligence;Jul-Sep90, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p28
Describes how the fall of the Berlin Wall has profoundly affected the author and his view of his service in the military. Celebration at Checkpoint Charlie; Entry of East Germans into West Berlin; Destruction of the wall by citizens.
- The concrete curtain. Watson, B.; Vadeboncoeur, A. // Cobblestone;May91, Vol. 12 Issue 5, p24
Recounts events that led up to the construction of the Berlin Wall. Division of Germany after World War II; Occupation by US and Soviet forces; Lure of West Berlin lifestyle and government for East Berlin citizens; Calls by Soviets for removal of western troops; Reaction to building of Berlin...
- Celebration of Unity. // Scholastic News -- Senior Edition;12/06/99, Vol. 68 Issue 11, p2
Talks about the Berlin Wall in Germany which was torn down in 1989.
- Wall felled, now a forest of cranes. Walker, Ruth // Christian Science Monitor;8/14/96, Vol. 88 Issue 182, p10
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- The wall that shut out the west. Gelb, Norman // Christian Science Monitor;8/14/96, Vol. 88 Issue 182, p16
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- Checkpoint Charlie. // Newsweek;4/29/85, Vol. 105 Issue 17, p9
Checkpoint Charlie, a gap in the Berlin Wall, is the best-known crossing between the communist and noncommunist worlds. On the Western side, tourists, anticommunist demonstrators and allied guards watch heavily armed East German sentinels watchingthem. In 1987, many more tourists will be here to...
- The writing on the wall. Darnton, R. // UNESCO Courier;Jun90, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p12
Recounts the author's first-hand observation of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall between Nov. 9 and 12, 1989. Beginning of the destruction; Wall's symbolism; East Germans who stayed home; Western views of the wall; Lure of money; The shadow of the wall.
- Gorbachev's doctrine. Schorr, D. // New Leader;11/13/89, Vol. 72 Issue 17, p4
Recounts the author's memories of the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Impact of the current opening of the Wall on Western ideology of German reunification; Argues that the future of East Germany is a European problem; Questions the role of the United States and the Soviet Union.
- Consider the wall. // Commonweal;12/1/89, Vol. 116 Issue 21, p659
Editorial. Describes meanings to be drawn from the fall of the Berlin wall. Political reform; Eastern Europe's ideological straitjacket; German reunification.
