Works
Cited
Primary Sources
From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to German Unity. Prod. Deutsche Welle. YouTube. Google, n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2013. <http://youtu.be/mBux1hXaR5w>.
"Berlin Wall: Life in the GDR." The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited, 2013. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/6529948/Berlin-Wall-life-in-the-GDR.html?image=8>. I was able to see what people's living conditions were like in the German Democratic Republic, and what living quarters and transportation looked like using this source.
Dirk Pohl, "The Berlin Wall 1989," Making the History of 1989, Item #685, http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/items/show/685 (accessed January 31 2013, 9:21 am)
I used a photo from this site.
Guenter Schabowski, "Guenter Schabowski's Press Conference in the GDR International Press Center," Making the History of 1989, Item #449, (accessed January 01 2013, 3:51 pm).
This source provided me with information as to why the Berlin Wall fell, and what statement caused it.
"Photo Gallery: A Photographic Record of Life in East Germany." Spiegel Online. Der Spiegel, 29 May 2009. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. <http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-a-photographic-record-of-life-in-east-germany-fotostrecke-42947.html>.
This extensive photo album showed me how people lived in the German Democratic Republic, and what cities and buildings looked like everyday.
"Resisting Soviet Push in Berlin." United States News: World Report 23 Jan. 1948: 16. Print.
This magazine article, written in 1948, showed me how much the USSR wanted the U.S., Great Britain, and France out of Germany, even before the Berlin airlift.
"The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall." TIME.com. Time, 2012. Web. 20 Dec. 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1631993_1383241,00.html>.
This source provided me with photos of the building of the Wall.
Ronald Reagan, "Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin,"Making the History of 1989, Item #556, http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/items/show/556 (accessed January 14 2013, 2:47 pm). This source helped me understand East-West relations at the berlin wall.
Trivers, Mildred Raynolds. "The Berlin Wall: A Memoir." VQRonline. University of Virginia, 1981. Web. 29 Nov. 2012. <http://www.vqronline.org/articles/1981/autumn/trivers-berlin-wall-memoir/>.
This primary source helped me learn about the construction, the start of the wall through a tourist's eyes.
Secondary Sources
"John Paul The Great." Cracow-Life.com. Lifeboat Limited, n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2013. <http://www.cracow-life.com/poland/pope-john-paul-krakow>.
I got a photo from this site.
"The Berlin Airlift June 27, 1948 to May 12, 1949." Trumanlibrary.org. Truman Library, n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. <http://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/berlin.htm>.
This helped me to understand the background situation of the building of the Berlin Wall.
"The Berlin Wall." Berlin-Life.com. Berlin-Life.com, n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2013. <http://www.berlin-life.com/berlin/wall>
. This site explained to me what people's lives behind the wall were like and how they brought it down.
Sebestyen, Victor. "The Accidental Hero of 1989." Prospect. Prospect Magazine, n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2013. <http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/theaccidentalheroof1989/>.
I used a photo from this site.
Cook, Jane Hampton. "Why Did the Berlin Wall Fall 22 Years Ago?" Fox News.com. FOX News Network, 2012. Web. 18 Dec. 2012. <http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/11/09/why-did-berlin-wall-fall-22-years-ago/>.
This site helped me to better understand why the Berlin Wall fell.
"Ronald Reagan Gallery." www.germany.info. German Missions in the United States, n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2013. <http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/GIC/2012/06/08Reagan-gallery.html>. I used a photo from this site.
Curry, Andrew. "Before the Fall." Wilson Quarterly: n. pag. Ebsco Host. Web. 10 Jan. 2013. <http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=17&sid=62313373-6ebf-4668-9a60-3c8484b62552%40sessionmgr11&hid=14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=lfh&AN=44491132>. This source helped me understand what happened before the Wall fell.
Fields, Samatha. "Divided by the Wall: A Family's Tale." World News with Diane Sawyer. ABC News Internet Ventures, 2013. Web. 27 Jan. 2013. <http://abcnews.go.com/WN/anna-kaminsky-remembers-life-berlin-wall/story?id=9032219>. This gave me a view of what is was like to live behind the wall and how it was like to be a family divided by the wall.
Happrecht, Klaus, et al. "Germany Celebrates." magazin-deutschland.de Nov. 2009: 3-65. Print.
This magazine greatly increased my knowledge of the fall of the GDR, the Wall, the secret police, and more. It contained many interviews with people at the fall of the wall.
"The Marshall Plan." George C. Marshall Foundation. George C, Marshall Foundation, 2009. Web. 25 Jan. 2013. <http://www.marshallfoundation.org/TheMarshallPlan.htm>.
This source showed me what the Marshall Plan did for Germany and Europe, and why people started leaving East Germany for a better life in the West.
"Polish Protest of 1970." Nonviolence in Theory and Practice. Nonviolence in Theory and Practice, 27 Sept. 2008. Web. 27 Jan. 2013. <http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ashuster/nonviolence/2008/09/polish_protest_of_1970.html>.
This source told me about the Polish uprisings and strikes, led by Lech Walesa in 1970 and how they helped bring down the communist system in Poland and Germany.
Salem, Press. "The Berlin Wall Falls." Great Events. 1348. US: Salem Press, 1999. History Reference Center. Web. 21 Dec. 2012.
This source helped me learn about people related to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IC8L_cU02z8
This was a video that I also used in my project.
"Images of East Germany: Then and Now." Germany.info. German Missions in the
United States, 2013. Web. 26 Apr. 2013. <http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/02__GIC/GIC/05/02__German__Unity/02__20__Years__Unity/__East__Germany__Then__And__Now__BG.html?offset=0>.
I used a before and after picture from this site to display Berlin during and after the wall.
Primary Sources
From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to German Unity. Prod. Deutsche Welle. YouTube. Google, n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2013. <http://youtu.be/mBux1hXaR5w>.
"Berlin Wall: Life in the GDR." The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited, 2013. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/6529948/Berlin-Wall-life-in-the-GDR.html?image=8>. I was able to see what people's living conditions were like in the German Democratic Republic, and what living quarters and transportation looked like using this source.
Dirk Pohl, "The Berlin Wall 1989," Making the History of 1989, Item #685, http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/items/show/685 (accessed January 31 2013, 9:21 am)
I used a photo from this site.
Guenter Schabowski, "Guenter Schabowski's Press Conference in the GDR International Press Center," Making the History of 1989, Item #449, (accessed January 01 2013, 3:51 pm).
This source provided me with information as to why the Berlin Wall fell, and what statement caused it.
"Photo Gallery: A Photographic Record of Life in East Germany." Spiegel Online. Der Spiegel, 29 May 2009. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. <http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-a-photographic-record-of-life-in-east-germany-fotostrecke-42947.html>.
This extensive photo album showed me how people lived in the German Democratic Republic, and what cities and buildings looked like everyday.
"Resisting Soviet Push in Berlin." United States News: World Report 23 Jan. 1948: 16. Print.
This magazine article, written in 1948, showed me how much the USSR wanted the U.S., Great Britain, and France out of Germany, even before the Berlin airlift.
"The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall." TIME.com. Time, 2012. Web. 20 Dec. 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1631993_1383241,00.html>.
This source provided me with photos of the building of the Wall.
Ronald Reagan, "Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin,"Making the History of 1989, Item #556, http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/items/show/556 (accessed January 14 2013, 2:47 pm). This source helped me understand East-West relations at the berlin wall.
Trivers, Mildred Raynolds. "The Berlin Wall: A Memoir." VQRonline. University of Virginia, 1981. Web. 29 Nov. 2012. <http://www.vqronline.org/articles/1981/autumn/trivers-berlin-wall-memoir/>.
This primary source helped me learn about the construction, the start of the wall through a tourist's eyes.
Secondary Sources
"John Paul The Great." Cracow-Life.com. Lifeboat Limited, n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2013. <http://www.cracow-life.com/poland/pope-john-paul-krakow>.
I got a photo from this site.
"The Berlin Airlift June 27, 1948 to May 12, 1949." Trumanlibrary.org. Truman Library, n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. <http://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/berlin.htm>.
This helped me to understand the background situation of the building of the Berlin Wall.
"The Berlin Wall." Berlin-Life.com. Berlin-Life.com, n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2013. <http://www.berlin-life.com/berlin/wall>
. This site explained to me what people's lives behind the wall were like and how they brought it down.
Sebestyen, Victor. "The Accidental Hero of 1989." Prospect. Prospect Magazine, n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2013. <http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/theaccidentalheroof1989/>.
I used a photo from this site.
Cook, Jane Hampton. "Why Did the Berlin Wall Fall 22 Years Ago?" Fox News.com. FOX News Network, 2012. Web. 18 Dec. 2012. <http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/11/09/why-did-berlin-wall-fall-22-years-ago/>.
This site helped me to better understand why the Berlin Wall fell.
"Ronald Reagan Gallery." www.germany.info. German Missions in the United States, n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2013. <http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/GIC/2012/06/08Reagan-gallery.html>. I used a photo from this site.
Curry, Andrew. "Before the Fall." Wilson Quarterly: n. pag. Ebsco Host. Web. 10 Jan. 2013. <http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=17&sid=62313373-6ebf-4668-9a60-3c8484b62552%40sessionmgr11&hid=14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=lfh&AN=44491132>. This source helped me understand what happened before the Wall fell.
Fields, Samatha. "Divided by the Wall: A Family's Tale." World News with Diane Sawyer. ABC News Internet Ventures, 2013. Web. 27 Jan. 2013. <http://abcnews.go.com/WN/anna-kaminsky-remembers-life-berlin-wall/story?id=9032219>. This gave me a view of what is was like to live behind the wall and how it was like to be a family divided by the wall.
Happrecht, Klaus, et al. "Germany Celebrates." magazin-deutschland.de Nov. 2009: 3-65. Print.
This magazine greatly increased my knowledge of the fall of the GDR, the Wall, the secret police, and more. It contained many interviews with people at the fall of the wall.
"The Marshall Plan." George C. Marshall Foundation. George C, Marshall Foundation, 2009. Web. 25 Jan. 2013. <http://www.marshallfoundation.org/TheMarshallPlan.htm>.
This source showed me what the Marshall Plan did for Germany and Europe, and why people started leaving East Germany for a better life in the West.
"Polish Protest of 1970." Nonviolence in Theory and Practice. Nonviolence in Theory and Practice, 27 Sept. 2008. Web. 27 Jan. 2013. <http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ashuster/nonviolence/2008/09/polish_protest_of_1970.html>.
This source told me about the Polish uprisings and strikes, led by Lech Walesa in 1970 and how they helped bring down the communist system in Poland and Germany.
Salem, Press. "The Berlin Wall Falls." Great Events. 1348. US: Salem Press, 1999. History Reference Center. Web. 21 Dec. 2012.
This source helped me learn about people related to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IC8L_cU02z8
This was a video that I also used in my project.
"Images of East Germany: Then and Now." Germany.info. German Missions in the
United States, 2013. Web. 26 Apr. 2013. <http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/02__GIC/GIC/05/02__German__Unity/02__20__Years__Unity/__East__Germany__Then__And__Now__BG.html?offset=0>.
I used a before and after picture from this site to display Berlin during and after the wall.