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Author:

Medina, Nico. 1982- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007056948 author.

Title:

What was the Berlin Wall? / by Nico Medina ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.

Edition:

1st Scholastic printing

Publisher:

Scholastic Inc.

Copyright Date:

c 2020

Description:

108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989--Juvenile literature.
Cold War--Juvenile literature.
Berlin (Germany)--History--1945-1990--Juvenile literature.
Germany--History--1945-1990--Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.
Illustrated works.

Other Authors:

Marchesi, Stephen, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81090929 illustrator.

Notes:

"16 pages of photos inside!"--Cover. "An official WHOHQ book"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (page 108).

Contents:

What was the Berlin Wall? -- "You must go to Berlin" -- An iron curtain -- Blockade -- Cold war -- The wall -- The first victims -- Checkpoint Charlie -- "Ich bin ein Berliner" -- Higher and higher -- "Tear down this wall!" -- Germany united -- Timelines -- Bibliography.

Summary:

Describes the history of the Berlin Wall, from its construction in 1961 to divide the city of Berlin to its destruction in 1989.

Series:

What was ...?

ISBN:

1338666649
9781338666649

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1119666159

Locations:

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

AJPE887 -- Matilda J. Gibson Memorial Library (Creston)

ZSPC475 -- Stubbs Memorial Library (Holstein)

KIPB845 -- Hospers Public Library (Hospers)

GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)

JMPC081 -- Madrid Public Library (Madrid)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)