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Jennifer Desano Executive Director of the Ali Mason Program

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Cold War Phenomenon of the Berlin Wall

3:56

Historical Background

4:27

Destruction of Germany

8:12

The Brenberg Gate

9:38

Gail Helverson

11:05

East German Workers Uprising

13:19

Cuban Missile Crisis

27:57

Life in West Berlin

34:24

Life in East Berlin

39:34

The Fall of the Wall

46:59

Chronology of the Fall of the Wall

49:25

Leonard Bernstein

59:52

Reunification

1:01:21

The Two plus Four Treaty

1:02:30

The Wall and the Heads of the People

1:04:32

Where the Autobahn Ran through East Germany

1:14:00

Where Can We See the Recording of this Talk

1:22:47
Berlin 1989 The Year the Wall Came Down
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2021Nov 17
November 16, 2021 Vera Wentworth, speaker This illustrated lecture will examine the Cold War phenomenon of the Berlin Wall, its building, and its subsequent dismantling. Vera Wentworth, an OLLI member, holds a PhD in English and taught literature on the college level for 30 years, mainly at the University of Maryland and Prince George’s Community College. A native Berliner,

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OLLI George Mason University

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