Item COLD WAR 11/33 - Transcript of interview with Berlin resident Margit Hosseini, 1996

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COLD WAR 11/33

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Transcript of interview with Berlin resident Margit Hosseini, 1996

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  • 1996 Sep (Creation)

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37pp

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Typescript transcript of interview with Margit Hosseini, resident of West Berlin, [1958-1963], relating to conditions in East Berlin, [1958-1959]; the Berlin Crisis, Jul-Aug 1961; the construction of the Berlin wall, Aug 1961; the influx of refugees from East Berlin to West Berlin, 1961; the reaction in West Berlin to the construction of the Berlin Wall, 1961; the division of families caused by the construction of the Berlin Wall, 1961; speculation on further action by the USSR against West Berlin, 1961; the leadership of Willy Brandt, Mayor of West Berlin, 1961; the death of Peter Fechter, killed in an attempt to cross into West Berlin, 1961; the visit to and speech by US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy to West Berlin, Jun 1963. 37pp

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