What was the impact of the Berlin Wall?
The Wall immediately restricted travel between East and West. Families were divided as, for example, blocks of apartments were sometimes split in two if they spanned the border! It was incredibly distressing, disruptive and divisive. Hundreds tried and failed to cross the wall, many being killed in the process.
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Aims:
- Weighing up the evidence to explore how the Wall changed life in East Berlin
- Weighing up the evidence to explore how the Wall changed life in West Berlin
Introduction to the Brandenburg Gate
Frederick Forsyth - Working in East Berlin during the Cold War
Frederick Forsyth - What was life like behind the Iron Curtain?
Were you afraid of the Stasi?
