(The following abbreviations were employed in the 'Level' column: A=Advanced; E=English language; G=German, various levels; N-L=Novice Low; N MH=Novice Mid; N-H=Novice High; I+=Intermediate and higher; SW=Swedish.)

Divided Berlin and the East German state were a direct result of the historical situation that followed the disasters of World War II. Germany lay in ruins, and the two victorious powers lined up against each other, with Berlin as the centerpiece of this conflict.

Title                                      Address                                                 Notes                   Level

Second World War http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/2691/welcome.htm                  Links to numerous WWII sites    E

Der Zweite Weltkrieg http://ernis.htw-zittau.de/cgi-bin/toISO-8859-2/geschich/weltkr2.html      Basic facts about WWII. N-H

Berlin Airlift        http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/postwwii/ba.htm                                Good information on airlift.          E

Potsdam Conference Signatories http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/colp.html                     Stalin and Potsdam.                 E

End and Beginn:(German History Museum) http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/eaintrod.html Good history and pictures. I+, E

Die Virtuelle Ahnen Galerie http://www.intergate.com/~oli/vag/index.html                              Pictures of communists N-M

Biography (A&E) http://www.biography.com/biography/find/find.html                                            Thousands of people I+

Kennedy and the Cold War. http://members.tripod.com/~JeanneAnn/coldwar.html                      Kennedy speech files. E

Materials on Marxism/Communism http://www.idbsu.edu/surveyrc/Staff/jaynes/marxism/websites.htm         Lists links in English and German on Marxism. E

4000 songs                    http://ingeb.org                                    Midi files of songs, including the East German National Anthem E, G, etc.

Although the conditions were ripe for something dramatic to happen in the East-over 3.5 million people had left East Germany for the West between 1949 and 1961-few expected a wall to be constructed right down the middle of a city and country, separating family and friends for over 28 years. The United States reacted to the Wall by increasing its visible Berlin presence, and President John F. Kennedy traveled to the divided city, delivering a speech expressing United States support for West Berlin in front of the largest crowd in his life, over 1 million people.

Title                                           Address                                 Notes                              Level

Die Virtuelle Ahnen Galerie      http://www.intergate.com/~oli/vag/index.html    Famous communists from Marx & Lenin to                                                                                                                                                                Honecker N-M

Honecker                                             http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~chan/pics/honecker.gif        Satire                 I

Thomy's World of the Trabbi http://www.uni-jena.de/~i5krth/trabbi/trabbi.html Great (au) Trabbi sound and other interesting files. I+

Biography (A&E)                   http://www.biography.com/biography/find/find.html     Thousands of people                           I+

Pförtnerei eines VEB           http://www-i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/rkl/ddr             Jokes DDR style (Deutsch)               I+

IAAF Legends: Marita Koch http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/legends/6.html East German track great. E

Deutsche Rekorde Frauen http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~haag/bsn/frauen.html German women's records from track & field. N-H

Heike Drechsler Jump Records http://www.cmtcanada.com/BaileyJohnson/drechsler.html Details history of Drechsler. E

Heike Drechsler Video http://www.uk.umea.se/dragon/utb/fig/heikedre.htm Shows Drechsler in action. SW

The Berlin Wall         http://www.webster.monroe.edu/spry/BerlinWall.html Student oriented questions by a teacher in Upstate                                                                                                                                                           NY.                                                                E, N-L+

German reunification happened so quickly that many on both sides of the former wall were unprepared for the enormous economic and emotional changes that were to come. Many claim that a new wall has been constructed, one which divides the country into Ossis and Wessis, or 'Easties' and 'Westies.' Tensions exist all over Germany due to what both sides feel are unfulfilled expectations. Since 1989, more than 1.7 million East Germans have migrated west, primarily in search of jobs. (Post Unification Migration Statistics: A total of 388,396 migrated from the GDR to the FRG in 1989. This number increased to 395,343 in 1990, fell to 249,743 in 1991, and halved from its peak to 199,170 in 1992. East-West migration further declined to 172,386 in 1993 and 163,034 in 1994.)

Title                                 Address                                               Notes                           Level

Pictures of the collapse of the Wall http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-12193/berli_89.htm Swedish traveler took pictures of Wall in November of 1989. E

East German Families http://www.worldandi.com/archive/lfmarch.htm Personal stories of three families in the new East. E

Illusions of German Unity http://www.frankenpost.de/artikel/archiv/96-8/14intvie.htm Interview with a Halle psychologist. I+

Personal Wall Collapse Story http://www.andreas.com/berlin.html         A group of young people head for Berlin after the 'fall.' E

Forschungsstätte Normannenstrasse http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/samisdat/astak.htm Organization for research on the Stasi, or secret police. I+

Ossi Test                                   http://www.thur.de/eule/ossitest.html         A bit of humor, for very advanced students only. A

Berlin at the Crossroads     http://desires.com/1.5/Travel/Docs/newberlin.html Interesting personal description of Berlin with history. Good virtual trip through current Berlin. E

BRD - DDR - Aspekte zweistaatlicher Geschichte. Berlinfrage und Mauerbau http://www.ise.fhg.de/personal_home_pages/stefan/publish_8.html Lengthy story of topic I+