With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family divided overnight. She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets. Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home. Gerta knows it is dangerous to watch the wall, to think forbidden thoughts of freedom, yet she can’t help herself. She sees the East German soldiers with their guns trained on their own citizens; she, her family, her neighbors and friends are prisoners in their own city.
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Write one question you have about the Berlin Wall and post it. If you can answer someone else's question, go ahead :-)
why did the solders want to escape??
ReplyDelete-AddyK
I think it's because they were also suffering and wanted freedom
DeleteHaohao
why was the wall put up to seperate Berlin?
ReplyDeleteNB
how long did it take to build the wall.
ReplyDelete- HaydenG
What caused the fall of the soviet union?
ReplyDeleteEvan
In the video, theres was a person called fritz. Could it possibly be the in they mentioned in the book ? Also there is a person called Peter who failed to escape in the video, and also in the book.
ReplyDeleteW.W
Why did the us not stop the wall getting built.
ReplyDeletedylan
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't the west Germany plan an attack on East Germany???????
ReplyDeleteThey did not plan an attack because that start yet another between Germany and the Allies (America, Canada, Britain).
DeleteAlex
When the residents of East Germany found out there was a wall trapping them in their side of the country why didn't they all go and try to overpower the guards and all escape.
ReplyDeleteYash
Why wouldn't the government let people leave or enter East Berlin kaydeance
ReplyDeletewhy didn't they just build the wall? Why start with a barb wire fence?
ReplyDeleteEsmee D
DeleteWhy didn't west Germany plan an attack on east Germany????
ReplyDeleteLucasK
How bored were the grenzers or however you spell em?
ReplyDelete-Lock W
How long was the wall standing?
ReplyDeleteAlex
Why did police men want to risk there life to get to West Germany didn't they support East Germany.
ReplyDeleteArsh C
why didn't west Germany tear down the wall in the beginning?
ReplyDeleteJessie
why did the soldiers have to kill them if they tried to cross why not just punish them?
ReplyDeletePaigeD
Were there any guards that helped people escape????
ReplyDeleteShiloh
why was east Germany so mad at the people for wanting to go ton the other side of Germany?
ReplyDeleteExactly how many people escaped?
ReplyDeleteHaohao