A fascinating guide to Berlin, the ultimate symbol of the Cold War
for more than four decades
Following the end of the Second World War, Berlin became a bone of contention between the former
allies of USA,
Great Britain,
France and the Soviet Union. The construction of the Berlin Wall before
the whole world in August 1961 cemented the division of the city, which had
already begun with its division into four sectors in 1945, and which would only
end with German reunification in 1990. For more than four decades Berlin was the ultimate
symbol of the Cold War.
Oliver Boyn shows where the political decision makers operated and
where spies were exchanged, where the Wall ran and where the centres of
propaganda were, where monuments were built and which memorials commemorate that
period.
Folding maps and more than 160 photographs help those in search of
traces of this time.
