Sources

  1. The Second Founding of the GDR (Retrospective Account, 2011)

  2. Walter Ulbricht’s Speech on the Berlin Question (June 15, 1961)

  3. GDR Council of Ministers’ Decision to Seal the Border (August 12, 1961)

  4. Building the Wall: Residents Watch the Construction from the Western Side of Bernauer Strasse (August 1961)

  5. Willy Brandt Watches the Construction of the Wall Near the Brandenburg Gate (August 13, 1961)

  6. A Neutral’s Description of the Building of the Wall (August 14, 1961)

  7. The Communist Justification for the Division of Berlin (August 14, 1961)

  8. Willy Brandt, Governing Mayor of West Berlin, Appeals to the U.S. President (August 15, 1961)

  9. Demonstration by West Berliners (August 16, 1961)

  10. The West German Government’s Condemnation of the Wall (August 18, 1961)

  11. East Berliners Flee to the West (September 16, 1961)

  12. The Day of Denial (1961)

  13. Report on One of the First Deaths at the Zonal Border (August 30, 1961)

  14. The Border along Berlin’s Spree River (no date)

  15. Report on a Successful Flight to the West via an Underground Tunnel (May 19, 1962)

  16. Tunnel Escape from East to West Berlin (January 24, 1962)

  17. Peter Fechter at the Berlin Wall (August 17, 1962)

  18. GDR Order to Fire on Would-be Escapees (c. 1962)

  19. The Soviet Government’s Explanation of its Berlin Policy (December 24, 1962)

  20. May Day Parade in East Berlin (May 1, 1963)

  21. The June 17th Holiday (June 11, 1963)

  22. U.S. President John F. Kennedy Visits West Berlin (June 26, 1963)

  23. One Day in Berlin (1963)

  24. U.S. Government Declaration of Solidarity with West Berlin (June 26, 1963)

  25. Replacement of the Stone Wall with Concrete (July 1963)

  26. Border at Hirschberg an der Saale (1964)

  27. Border Crossing (1965)

  28. Visitor from West Berlin (1966)

  29. The Breakup of the All-German Olympic Team (October 11, 1968)

  30. The Communist Case for “Demarcation” from the West (February 10, 1971)

  31. Border in Thuringia (1971)

  32. Patrolling the Inner-German Border (1971)

  33. Package from the West [Westpaket] (March 22, 1970)

  34. Package from the West [Westpaket] (Re-creation, 2014)

  35. The Protestant Compromise with the East German State (May 25, 1977)

  36. June 17th Holiday (1980)

  37. The Berlin Wall at Heidelberger Strasse in the District of Neukölln (1981)

  38. The Wall in Our Heads (1982)

  39. “Wall Paradise” on the West Berlin Side (1983)

  40. Sketch of an East German Border Fortification (1984)

  41. Willi Stoph and Erich Honecker (May 1, 1984)

  42. Wall Neighborhood [Mauerkiez] (August 11, 1986)

  43. Overcoming the Wall by Painting It (October 23, 1986)

  44. The American Demand to Tear Down the Wall (June 12, 1987)

  45. Statistics on East German Resettlers, Refugees, and Escapees (1961–1990)

  46. Wall Art (1990)

  47. My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love or Fraternal Kiss (1990)