|aWhat was the Berlin Wall? /|cby Nico Medina ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.
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|aNew York :|bPenguin Workshop,|cc2019.
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|a108 p., [16] p. of plates :|bill., maps ;|c20 cm.
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|aWhat was?
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|a"An official WHOHQ book"--Cover.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 108)
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|aWhat was the Berlin Wall? -- "You must go to Berlin" -- An iron curtain -- Blockade -- Cold war -- The wall -- The first victims -- Checkpoint Charlie -- "Ich bin ein Berliner" -- Higher and higher -- "Tear down this wall!" -- Germany united -- Timelines -- Bibliography.
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|aDescribes the history of the Berlin Wall, from its construction in 1961 to divide the city of Berlin to its destruction in 1989.
Nico Medina is the author of several Who HQ books, including What Was Stonewall?, Where Is Mount Everest?, Where Is Alcatraz?, Who Is Aretha Franklin?, and What Was the Ice Age?