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Forty autumns: a family's story of courage and survival on both sides of the Berlin Wall

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Willner, Nina

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PART ONE

The Handover : End of War (1945)

An Iron Curtain Descends : Cold War Begins (1945-1946)

"If You Want to Get Out, Do It Soon" : Close Calls and Escapes (1946-1948)

Flight : A Small Suitcase and The Final Escape (August 11, 1948)

PART TWO

Two Castles : Out of the Whirlwind (1948-1949)

A Sister Born in the East : The Stasi Takes Control (1949-1952)

"We Want To Be Free" : A Workers' Uprising (1953)

The Visit : Sisters Meet (1954)

Life Normalizes in a Police State : A Courtship (1955-1957)

The Fur Coat : Last Meeting (1958-1959)

PART THREE

"A Wall Will Keep the Enemy Out" : A Wall to Keep the People In (1960-1961)

The Family Wall : Oma's Faith and Opa's Defiance (1962-1965)

Only Party Members Succeed : "We Have Each Other" (1966-1969)

A Message With No Words : Oma's Love from Afar (1970-1974)

Dissidents and Troublemakers : Opa Committed (1975-1977)

A Light Shines : "Our Souls Are Free" (1977)

A Surprise from America : Innocence (1978-1980)

Paradise Bungalow : Refuge and Solace (1980-1982)

PART FOUR

Assignment: Berlin : Intelligence Operations (1982-1984)

Face-to-Face with Honecker : Mission in Ludwigslust (1984-1985)

Beyond the Checkpoint : Passage (1985)

Imagine : The Road Ahead (1986)

"Tear Down This Wall" : Winds of Change (1987-1988)

"Gorby, Save Us!" : A Nation Crumbles (1989)

The World is Stunned : "Schabowski Said We Can!" or The Wall Falls (November 9, 1989)

Dawn : TK (Autumn 1989)

Reunion and Rebirth : TK (1990- 2013)

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Berlin (Germany) -- Biography
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 -- History
Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
Family
German Americans
German Americans -- Biography
Germany (East) -- Biography
History
Intelligence officers
Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
Military
Nonfiction
Willner, Nina
Willner, Nina, -- 1961
Willner, Nina, -- 1961- -- Family
Women
Women -- Germany (East) -- Biography
Women intelligence officers
Women intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography

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9780062410313
9780062410337

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