August 13, 1961. Families woke up cut off from each other. Guards had orders to shoot anyone who tried to cross. Frederick Taylor does not spare the reader.
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The Berlin Wall by Frederick Taylor: A Human Story Behind the Cold War's Darkest Symbol

A comprehensive Cold War history of Berlin’s division, exploring the Wall’s construction, life in a split city, and its fall in 1989.