Berlin Wall  Tags: history political_science_public_admin germany communism berlin_wall european_history  

This LibGuide serves as a resource for users interested in finding more information about the Berlin Wall.  Included are resources available from the Library as well as online resources that provides users with: pictures, personal stories, archival material, videos, and discussions about the importance of the Berlin Wall and its fall. 

For further assistance, please:

• Contact Jason D. Phillips at (662) 325-0008, jdphillips@library.msstate.edu
• Contact Christine Fletcher at (662) 325-0008, cfletcher@library.msstate.edu
• Use our Ask-a-Librarian service
• Visit the Ready Reference or Government Documents and Microforms Reference Desk on the 2nd floor of Mitchell Memorial Library.

The authors express their appreciation to the following for their assistance in this project: Julie Shedd (Mississippi State University Libraries) and Ellen Hampton Filgo (Baylor University).

President John F. Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" Speech, June 26, 1963, at the Rathaus Schöneberg in West Berlin. (Photo from Iconic Photos - found here)

Photograph of the Berlin Wall dividing East and West Berlin.
Note the grafiti on the western side of the wall and the no man's land on the eastern side. (Photo from Gustavus Adolphus College, Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library - found here)

President Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down this Wall" Speech, June 12, 1987, in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. (Photo from the German Missions to the United States, Germany Info - found here)

Photograph from the Fall of the Berlin Wall, November 9, 1989.  (The Mississippi State University Libraries DO NOT own the rights to this image - the owner of the image's rights is unknown)

The Brandenburg Gate, after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, November 9, 1989. (Photo from the German Missions to the United States, Germany Info - found here)