All,
I hope that you had a chance over the weekend to see some of the reporting on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I was your age when it fell, and it was a time of great hope. If you have missed it, the BBC really did well here, and the following links might help you.
- Candles and flowers at the Berlin Wall
- How 1989 change the world
- The fall of the Berlin Wall with John Simpson.
These are all very much worth a look. However, might I suggest that you read the excellent Stalisland by Anna Funder (just £2.00 on Amazon). The review below neatly sums up a remarkable book.
“In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East 
Germany ceased to exist. In a country where the headquarters of the secret police can become a museum literally overnight, and one in 50 East Germans were informing on their countrymen and women, there are a thousand stories just waiting to get out. Anna Funder tells extraordinary tales from the underbelly of the former East Germany – she meets Miriam, who as a 16-year-old might have started World War III, visits the man who painted the line which became the Berlin Wall and gets drunk with the legendary ‘Mik Jegger’ of the East, once declared by the authorities to his face to ‘no longer to exist’. Written with wit and literary flair, Stasiland provides a rivetting insight into life behind the wall.”
Enjoy,
Mr Kydd
