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Burned Bridge : how East and West Germans made the Iron Curtain / Edith Sheffer ; foreword by Peter Schneider.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheffer, Edith.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boundaries--Social aspects--Germany--History--20th century.
- Boundaries.
- Germany (East)--Relations--Germany (West).
- Germany (East).
- Germany (West)--Relations--Germany (East).
- Germany (West).
- Neustadt bei Coburg (Germany)--History--20th century.
- Neustadt bei Coburg (Germany).
- Sonneberg (Thuringia, Germany)--History--20th century.
- Sonneberg (Thuringia, Germany).
- Germany--History--1945-1990.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (380 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 shocked the world. Ever since, the image of this impenetrable barrier between East and West, imposed by communism, has been a central symbol of the Cold War. Based on vast research in untapped archival, oral, and private sources, Burned Bridge reveals the hidden origins of the Iron Curtain, presenting it in a startling new light. Historian Edith Sheffer's unprecedented, in-depth account focuses on Burned Bridge--the intersection between two sister cities, Sonneberg and Neustadt bei Coburg, Germany's largest divided population outside Berlin. Sheffer demo
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; PART ONE: DEMARCATION LINE, 1945-1952; 1. Foundations: Burned Bridge; 2. Insecurity: Border Mayhem; 3. Inequality: Economic Divides; 4. Kickoff: Political Skirmishing; PART TWO: "LIVING WALL," 1952-1961; 5. Shock: Border Closure and Deportation; 6. Shift: Everyday Boundaries; 7. Surveillance: Individual Controls; PART THREE: IRON CURTAIN, 1961-1989; 8. Home: Life in the Prohibited Zone; 9. Fault Line: Life in the Fortifications; 10. Disconnect: East-West Relations; Epilogue: New Divides; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3
- AbbreviationsNotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-991161-4
- 1-280-59479-9
- 9786613624628
- 0-19-987620-7
- OCLC:
- 782872457
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