Links
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The Berlin Wall
http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/BIW/wall.html
This site is produced by the Free University of Berlin. It is a fairly straight ‘factual’ account, rather than a blatantly critical view of the wall. This makes it all the more powerful. It is a long and detailed account of the construction of the wall and its history from then on. Some students may find some of the detail a little overwhelming – such as the exact measurements of the wall. However, the sections on the background and fall of the wall are interesting.
A Personal Account of The Fall of the Berlin Wall: The 11th and 12th of November, 1989
http://www.andreas.com/berlin.html
This is the kind of site which makes the Internet such a valuable resource. It is very much a personal account of the fall of the wall. This gives it an intensity and personal touch which most students will find both exciting and powerful. It makes little attempt to act like a history book, it is very much one man’s story.
The Berlin Wall
http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/index.html
This site contains a useful chronology of the events leading to the collapse of the Wall and the events which followed on from that. It also has an impressive set of links to other sites of value and interest. It is generally suitable for able KS3 and GCSE students. As part of the same site there is an extremely useful timeline covering the wider context of events.
