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- 1996 Sep (Creation)
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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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