On 13 August 1961 eighteen million East Germans awoke to find themselves walled in by an edifice which was to become synonymous with the Cold War: the Berlin Wall. Patrick Major explores how the border closure affected ordinary East Germans, from workers and farmers to teenagers and even party members, 'caughtout' by Sunday the Thirteenth. INDICE: 1: Introduction; Part I: Before the Wall 1945-61; 2: East Germany's Dual Crisis: Politics and Economics on the Eve of the Wall; 3: Crossing the Line: Republikflucht between Defection and Migration; 4: Holding the Line: Policing the Open Border; Part II: Behind the Wall 1961-89; 5: Walled In: 13 August 1961; 6: In the Shadow of the Wall; 7: Wanderlust: Travel, Emigration and the Movement; Part III: Beyond the Wall; 8: The Fall of the Wall: 9 November1989; 9: Seeking Closure: Remembering the Wall
- ISBN: 978-0-19-960510-1
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha Publicación: 27/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés