Where did the Berlin Wall actually stand? Why was it built? How did people keep managing to
escape across it - and how many died in the attempt? Why did it come down in the end? Numerous
previously unknown photographs document the construction of this barrier system of barbed wire
alarm fences and concrete. Spectacular escape stories and shocking deaths are chronicled here
in words and images as are the dramatic events surrounding the construction and the fall of
the Wall. A stunning survey of the Berlin Wall - the central symbol of the Cold War.
