What Was the Berlin Wall? is a biographical story for children ages 8 to 12 about the Berlin Wall. Learn interesting historical facts about the Berlin wall, like that it went up overnight in 1961, dividing the city of Berlin into two parts East and West and that it meant that no one from Communist East could travel to West Berlin, a free, democratic area- of course this didn't stop thousands from trying to breech the wall, some that died trying in their pursuit. Author Nico Medina explains the spy-vs-spy politics of the time, as well as what has happened since the removal of one of the most divisive landmarks in modern history.
