berlin (germany)

Describes the efforts of US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen to aid the children in Russian-blockaded West Berlin by dropping packages filled with candy from the air. Features personal photographs, along with letters and drawings from the children of Berlin.

Chronicles the separation of East and West Berlin in the post-World War II years and the closing of the borders on August 13, 1961 when East Germany's Communist government stopped its citizens from fleeing to the West.

Discusses the history of the Berlin Wall from its building, through life with tensions this barrier created, to the destruction of the wall and life afterwards.

Draws from unclassified documents, unpublished letters and diaries, and interviews to provide a historical narrative of the Berlin Airlift of 1948.

In 1936 Berlin, fourteen-year-old Karl Stern, considered Jewish despite a non-religious upbringing, learns to box from the legendary Max Schmeling while struggling with the realities of the Holocaust.

Offers a brief overview of the events surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the impact its demolition had on world history and society.

A history of the much hated wall that for nearly thirty years divided Berlin and created two separate countries.

Describes the Berlin Blockade of 1948 and 1949, its causes, and its consequences.

After her mother is killed while trying to escape across the Berlin Wall in April 1989, Hannah and her father become caught up in the movement to change the repressive regime in East Germany.